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Wal-Mart To Open 400 Additional Health Clinics

  • Reuters, Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:37 PM
Wal-Mart Stores is expanding a pilot program begun in 2005 by contracting with local hospitals and other organizations to open as many as 400 in-store health clinics in the next two to three years.

The retailer says the clinics are expected to boost the health of its shoppers and should also help sales by attracting consumers. Currently, 76 clinics are operating inside Wal-Mart stores in 12 states. That number could grow to 2,000 clinics over the next five to seven years.

Wal-Mart is not alone in pursuing these clinics. Drugstore operators like CVS/Caremark Corp. and Walgreen Co are also putting clinics in their stores, hoping to draw Americans looking for less expensive treatment options amid soaring health-care costs.

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