Yer private health care system:
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will open its first in-store medical clinics under its own brand name after leasing space in dozens of stores to outside companies that operate the quick-service health stops.
Wonderful...now, full disclosure here: living in the Deep-Fried South, I can hardly NOT shop on occasion at Wal Mart-o, and, believe me, I always look to go elsewhere or, better still, ask myself if I really need whatever it is. But, that said, Wal-Mart is both reasonably close AND usually has the lowest price...
Still, at least half of the things I've bought there in the last, oh, six to twelve months--in my case, a coffee maker and a CD player--turned out to be utter crap...likewise when I moved into my house a couple of years ago, it took three tries before I got an air mattress that didn't immediately spring a leak (to be fair, this was just after Red Stick's population rose in the aftermath of Katrina, Rita, and the flood).
Still, it was a lesson learned: low prices aren't the only determinant of a good deal, and crap merchandise is, well, crap.
And does anyone think they'll treat health care any differently?
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