Clinics
In-store retail clinicsWe’re making it easy for customers to take advantage of convenient and affordable basic health care services. We lease space in our stores to independent health clinics, where customers can receive preventative care or basic medical care for as little as $40 – with no appointment necessary. The cost of every service the clinics offer will be clearly posted, bringing much needed price transparency to the health care industry. Help for the uninsuredOur retail clinics are an especially valuable resource for individuals without health insurance. Nearly half of all clinic patients report that they are uninsured. Many visitors have said that if it were not for our clinics, they wouldn't have gotten care — or they would've had to go to an emergency room. By visiting one of our clinics, patients receive the care they need and at the same time reduce overcrowding in emergency rooms and eliminate the costs of unnecessary hospital visits. “The Clinic at Wal-Mart:” A direct link between the community and local hospitalsOver the next two years, we intend to partner with local hospitals to open as many as 400 additional clinics in our stores. These co-branded clinics will be directly linked to the hospitals our customers already know and trust. Each clinic will offer a set of affordable “Get Well” and “Stay Well” services designed to treat common aliments and offer preventative care. The first of these clinics is set to open in April 2008 in Atlanta, and several others will follow shortly in Little Rock, Ark., and Dallas.
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