Walmart’s Entry Into Health Care Could be Hugely Disruptive in All the Best Ways – Reason.com

Walmart’s Entry Into Health Care Could be Hugely Disruptive in All the Best Ways – Reason.com: 

• Perhaps the most radical aspect of the new Walmart Heath clinic? Consumers will know exactly what each service costs.

"Walmart is bringing its "everyday low prices" to the health care market—with an emphasis on "prices."
The big box retailer opened its first Walmart Health in-store clinic this month in Dallas, Georgia, offering primary medical, dental, vision, and mental health care. 
Though Walmart has not yet made public any plans for a national roll-out of similar facilities, the new clinic in the Atlanta suburbs appears to be a pilot for a new way to provide basic health care to Americans.

Perhaps the most radical aspect of the new Walmart Heath clinic? 

Consumers will know exactly what each service costs.

The company has published a pricing list showing that basic check-ups will cost $30 (or $20 for kids) while getting tested for the flu will cost $20 and having a routine vision exam will be $40. 
The clinic will be staffed with medical professionals capable of handling everything from immunizations to counseling sessions to lab testing to X-rays..."

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