Walmart slowly slows the expansion of this service
The company had to pause its ambitious efforts due to more pressing priorities.
Walmart hoped to add practical health centers to thousands of shops after opened the first in September 2019, but now the operations slow down, according to new evidence.
The company stated that these health centers-with theirown entries Accessible from the existing Walmart parking lots - will be a unique shop for things like X-rays, dental exams, consulting advice, $ 40 primary care visits, $ 4 and over 90% generic drugs Americans living 10 km from a Walmart, even if they are not insured. Some of them are patients who live in areas without access to affordable health care. (In touch:Grocery shortages to wait in 2021, according to experts.)
The initial plan was to open 4,000 clinics by 2029, according toInternal business community, rival pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens. However, eight current or old Walmart employees have spoken with the website and have revealed information about the plans and how they apparently stopped.
Currently, there are about 4,700 Walmart sites around the country and many have efforts on the coronavirus pandemic andCovid-19 to 1,000 pitches Vaccine Rols, as good asAddition of fulfillment centers to dozens of shops. More recently,Hundreds of Walmart stores have been closed Due to severe winter weather in the Midwest and southern regions.
In September 2020, a year after Walmart's first health opened in Dallas, Ga.,The grocery chain said They would have approximately 22 open at the beginning of 2021, but until now, there is only 20In Georgia, Illinois and Arkansas. Employees say Walmart does not have a clear plan for how much he wants to finalize this year, even if there is a priority. Some say that 15 will open in Florida, half of what Walmart has originally planned. An employee added that the grocery chain expects a basic strategy for the deployment to be finalized.
Despite the slowdown, the grocery chain insists on reconstructions, the reverses do not deter any of its plans for the success of society.
"Walmart customers want high quality, preventive, affordable and accessible health care, and trust Walmart to provide:" A spokesperson, McInnis marile, saidInternal business community. "Even during this difficult year, we launched Walmart Insurance Services, the acquisition of Carezone technology to accelerate our digital offers, high our leadership position in health and well-being, and has increased our focus on racial equity of health care. "
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