CLINIQUE MEDICALE WAL-MART

Walmart said that the press was mistaken when several media reported the world’s largest retailer would create a national medical clinic system within its stores. The denial hardly matters. Walmart is already on its way to becoming a major health care provider.
NPR, among other media, said Walmart was at the beginning of a program to offer health care services across the country. Walmart responded, “The RFI statement of intent is overwritten and incorrect. We are not building a national, integrated, low-cost primary care health care platform.” RFI means a request for information from the company.
Walmart probably touches more “patients” than any health care provider in America. Its Medicare Part D prescription-drug plan, a venture built with Humana (NYSE: HUM), offers generic drugs for as little as $1 after a deductible is satisfied. Humana maintains informational kiosks in about 3,000 Walmart stores nationwide. Walmart operates a network of hundreds of pharmacies. These offer $4 prescriptions for many drugs. The affordability of these programs has already made Walmart a de facto provider of critical health care services in most regions in the United States.