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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: Applewood on March 17, 2019, 11:27:32 am

Title: Walmart is so desperate to fix health care, it flies employees to top hospitals in other states for
Post by: Applewood on March 17, 2019, 11:27:32 am

Walmart is so desperate to fix health care, it flies employees to top hospitals in other states for treatment

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Walmart shared a case-study this week on its efforts to improve health care for its employees.

It described how a patient got an all expenses paid trip to Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania with his wife to get a second opinion on whether he needed spine surgery.

The employee, in fact, had Parkinson's Disease. That saved Walmart $30,000 by averting the procedure.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/walmart-sends-employees-to-top-hospitals-out-of-state-for-treatment.html?&qsearchterm=walmart%20flies%20employees (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/walmart-sends-employees-to-top-hospitals-out-of-state-for-treatment.html?&qsearchterm=walmart%20flies%20employees)