Walmart Begins Offering Healthcare Services at Second Store in the U.S.

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) remodeled a store in Calhoun, Ga. earlier this year and added a new healthcare facility. Walmart customers at the location can now talk to a counselor, get their teeth cleaned, or get a regular medical checkup. 

Appointments aren't necessary and insurance isn't required either. It's also flexible with services even available on Sundays. It's unclear how big of a rollout this may turn out to be as the company's president of U.S. health and wellness, Sean Slovenski, said, "It has to be a profitable business on its own." He wouldn't say how many patients were coming in to use the services but did say that it was much more than what the company was expecting.

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