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There’s no mistaking that more Supercenters are located in areas with greater levels of people without insurance based on data from 2019 (Walmart store location count) and 2018 (uninsured rates).
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.” Data point two: patient access to health care services can be fragmented and inconsistent depending on several factors — especially having health insurance, having a usual source for primarycare, and living in a community with retail pharmacies (versus a neighborhood considered a pharmacy desert).
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