Walmart to Expand Healthcare Centers to More Locations

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I'm gonna check in with our christian Schaller, who's over at the new york stock exchange Kristin. Oh my goodness! Great to see you as always, Kristen another company diving deeper into the health care space. So who is it baker? It's been a minute. It's great to see you, especially on a friday and you're right, if we get to the news here, it's big box retailer walmart said to expand its health clinic, footprints serving Medicare advantage plants, while the company planning to double the amount of its in store clinics opening up 28 new facilities next year. And these clinics offer primary care, behavioral house services, vision checks and dental services inside of walmart stores. Well, the new clinics are planned to open in Dallas Houston phoenix and Kansas city Missouri. And the move comes after wal mart and UnitedHealth announced a september partnership for 10 years to deliver Medicare advantage, plans to seniors. So walmart iron expansion as other retailers. He was faced as lucrative as well. And Amazon recently announcing plans to acquire one medical for 3.9 billion cbs also in the midst of a $10.6 billion purchase of Oak Street Health. So Walgreens dollar General Albertsons, they too are moving into the space