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Walmart is going to (Original Post) I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2019 OP
The same reason Amazon expands into.... well, everything. RockRaven Sep 2019 #1
I've joked about it on DU before. hunter Sep 2019 #2
The Walmart doc.. appalachiablue Sep 2019 #3
To make money. And I'm sure they will. :/ NCLefty Sep 2019 #4

RockRaven

(16,207 posts)
1. The same reason Amazon expands into.... well, everything.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 11:16 PM
Sep 2019

Once you absolutely monopolize the sale of X to community A, you need to either find a different community (i.e., B) to sell X, OR you need to sell something else (i.e., Y) to community A, if you want to maintain revenue growth -- which is apparently the insatiable appetite which drives them.

hunter

(38,864 posts)
2. I've joked about it on DU before.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 11:26 PM
Sep 2019

How long before we are calling some scruffy fresh-out-of-high-school kid wearing a white coat "Doctor" as he straps us into an Artificial Intelligence diagnostic chair.

Don't worry, this won't hurt a bit!



WalMart medical school is going to be a trip.



Great to see you around, Panther!

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
4. To make money. And I'm sure they will. :/
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 02:47 AM
Sep 2019

Some People Are Saying other countries don't have for-profit healthcare systems... *nose pressed against window*

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