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Walmart Health Care? Very Affordable Prices Will Cause "Consumer Revolution"

• The Organic Prepper By Cassius K

Walmart is a very North American entity, but its reputation is known worldwide. They sell everything, and now they are offering people something essential.cLast fall, Walmart declared its mission to become what they described as "America's Neighborhood Health Destination," by launching its very first Walmart Health Center in Dallas, Georgia.

The new location became something of a real medical center, offering services such as primary care, X-rays, EKG scans, labs, dental services, optical testing, hearing tests, and even counseling and community health education services.

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You may be thinking, "What? Go to Walmart for health care?"

But all of the services offered are dirt cheap, especially by the standards imposed by the whole convoluted healthcare monopoly aftermath we have in the US.

For instance, people are able to receive a basic medical checkup for just $30. Many avoid getting their teeth cleaned, to prevent basic tooth decay because the dentist is expensive. However soon people will be able to get their teeth cleaned for $25 at Walmart.

As strange as it sounds, they are charging 1$ a minute for mental health consultations.

Keep in mind none of these services require insurance. This isn't a co-pay – this is the cost of the service. If this becomes widespread, it would deliver a striking blow to the insurance monopolies.

Former Apple CEO wants to create a "consumer revolution."

Headlines were made recently, after former CEO of Apple from 1983 to 1993, John Sculley made a statement, declaring that we are going to experience a "consumer revolution" in the realm of retail, for "point of care."

He currently serves as the chairman of RxAdvance, a pharmacy benefit management company.

"Why?" Sculley asked CNBC. "Because if the Walmart tests are successful, and I suspect they will be, people will be able to go in and get these kinds of health services at a lower cost than if they had health insurance."

He continued to explain that by the simple nature of the statistics, the approximately 30 million Americans without health insurance are more likely to go to Walmart for routine medical services than a standard doctor.

"That's going to be a drastic change," he emphasized.

The thing is, Walmart won't be alone in its ability to become an all-in-one retailer turned budget doctor's office.

In a bid to fill this economic position, retailers such as Walgreens, BestBuy, and CVS are getting active. "CVS is probably the furthest along of anyone," Sculley noted.


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