{"id":11732,"date":"2018-10-12T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11732"},"modified":"2018-10-12T10:53:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:53:18","slug":"walmart-makes-reducing-healthcare-costs-for-employees-and-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11732","title":{"rendered":"Walmart makes reducing healthcare costs for employees and customers a priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Walmart, as the nation\u2019s largest employer and retailer, is looking for ways to reduce healthcare costs for its customers in addition to its employees. Insuring its 2.2 million workers across the world is the company\u2019s second-largest expense on its profit and loss statement. Walmart states, rising health costs are also cutting into its potential sales because customers must spend more of their income on medicine and doctors\u2019 visits than on backpacks and home goods. Read how Walmart plans on reducing health care costs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/10\/12\/walmart-makes-cutting-health-care-costs-top-priority.html\">Click here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7924\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walmart, as the nation\u2019s largest employer and retailer, is looking for ways to reduce healthcare costs for its customers in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-health-care-redesign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11735,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11732\/revisions\/11735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}