Department of health and social care articles
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Walmart to shutter health centers, virtual care service in latest failed push into health care
Walmart said clinics are not a sustainable business model due to a challenging reimbursement environment for primary care and increasing operating costs.
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A coverage gap Catch-22: To work, Selinda Walker needs health care. To get health care, she needs work.
As lawmakers debate work requirements in Medicaid expansion bills, Walker faces a Catch-22: she first needs health insurance to get healthy enough to be able to return to work.
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Walmart will close all of its health care clinics
Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, will close all 51 of its health care clinics in six states and end virtual health care services, the company said Tuesday. Walmart had made a big push into health care in recent years, opening clinics next to its superstores that offered primary and urgent care, labs, X-rays, behavioral health and dental work in six states — Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri and Texas. Walmart had targeted rural and underserved areas that have a...