Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Walmart saves lives

Well it seems a if i will be writing two blogs a day for a while until i am done with the story of Paris. Right now i need to talk about healthcare.
Walmart has just announced that it will open four hundred medical clinics at its store locations. It already has clinics in seventy seven stores around the country. The decision to expand their clinics came when they signed a letter of intent with local hospital and RediClinic that states that they would open co-branded clinics in 200 supercenters. Another letter of intent was signed with St. Vincent Health System, which will open four clinics in the Little Rock area.
Walmart says that they plan to have all four hundred clinics opened by 2010.The goal is that these walk-in clinics will have a great impact on the American Healthcare System. Walmart is known for offering the same items for less money, so it is with their generic medicine. They have recently begun offering four dollar prescriptions on some of their generic medicine brands.
As much as I dislike Walmart, this is a really good idea. I like the fact that this seems like a step towards universal healthcare. Hopefully one day other people will, and I hate to say this, learn from Walmart. Until then people can get their medicine a little bit cheaper at Walmart. Thanks Walmart.

1 comment:

Wendy said...

Excellent job. I'm really enjoying your work! Thanks for keeping it up.