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Wal-Mart stores President & CEO, Lee Scott, gave a speech at the World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C.,about their intention to expand their business operations by entering into world of in-store health clinics with the help of local hospitals & other organisations. They are targeting around 400 health clinics, which may increase to 2000 over the next few years depending on the current market forces.

The American health care crisis has led Wal-Mart to find solutions supporting health care reforms. Scott further added that the clinics would be a great prospect for their business, but more notably it would provide customers with reasonable access to quality health care at local level.

His speech focused on the need for accomplishment of their goal that is betterment of health of the people of America. Government interventions in the health care sector is worsening & its time for some real & meaningful change which can be brought about by some private enterprises like Wal-Mart.

The $4 programme started by Wal-Mart has met with a spectacular response. Due to such low pricing of the prescription drugs by Wal-Mart, numerous other drug stores have dropped their prices heavily, which have led to saving of millions of dollars & has given the common people the facility to to afford better quality drugs.

Local hospitals & organisations that are independent of wal-mart will manage the health clinics & make customer satisfation their priority. Wal-Mart is also working with leaders in business, government & public policy on the “Better Health Care Together” coalition. Scott urges other companies & organisations to join the race that would ensure affordable & quality health care accessible to all Americans by 2012. As we say there is not a single person or group anywhere that cannot play a role towards betterment of masses.