Damn Capitalists! Showing Up The Government!

J.J. Jackson* | April 26, 2007

Proving once again that capitalism can do anything big daddy government can do (and do it better) Wal-mart is preparing to step on the toes of bureaucrats everywhere who think that only they can help “the people” with health care.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday that it will contract with local hospitals and other organizations to open as many as 400 in-store health clinics in the next two to three years.
Should current market forces continue, the world’s largest retailer said up to 2,000 clinics could be in Wal-Mart stores over the next five to seven years.

Wal-Mart said the effort marks an expansion of a pilot program it started in 2005, when it leased space within its stores to medical clinics. Currently, it said 76 clinics are operating inside Wal-Mart stores in 12 states.
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“We think the clinics will be a great opportunity for our business. But most importantly, they are going to provide something our customers and communities desperately need — affordable access at the local level to quality health care,” said Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott in a statement.

Liberals everywhere are cursing at this news and no doubt preparing for yet another round of attacks on the retail giant to try and make them out to be the bad guy because they won’t unionize or spend what the government mandates they should on healthcare. Isn’t that always the liberal way? If someone does something better than government, destroy them and then fill the void with government programs.

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