Walmart and Retailers Continue To Make Moves in Health Care

<p>Listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Vabren Watts discuss a new partnership between Walmart and UnitedHealth Group - which will include efforts across retail health centers, Medicare Advantage plans, and social determinants of health - as well as other health care moves from big retailers like Amazon and CVS. </p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2022/09/07/walmart-and-unitedhealth-group-collaborate-to-deliver-access-to-high-quality-affordable-health-care">Press Release: Walmart and UnitedHealth Group Collaborate To Deliver Access to High-Quality, Affordable Health Care</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/business/cvs-signify-health.html">CVS Makes $8 Billion Bet on the Return of the House Call</a> (<em>New York Times</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0072">Gains Made By Walmart's Healthier Food Initiative Mirror Preexisting Trends</a> (<em>Health Affairs</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/walmart-unitedhealth-offer-joint-program-preventive-healthcare-seniors-2022-09-07/?mkt_tok=ODUwLVRBQS01MTEAAAGGy7tGPPsskhvITk70MKl7jtoCy-rJIpK_k3gj_eEMJeKjhGiIGHEBwYN3ROg1LOitEyiWdSO48paB1we59a7RZEd5DVS7MN7WOHAumYLGzQBi">Walmart, UnitedHealth to Offer Preventive Healthcare Program for Seniors</a> (<em>Reuters</em>)</li> </ul><p><br>C<em>urrently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. </em><a href="https://dashboard.transistor.fm/membership?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week&amp;utm_term=insider"><em>With your support,</em></a> <em>we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront</em> <em>and podcasts free for everyone.</em></p><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/health-affairs-this-week">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-affairs-this-week/id1542851834?uo=4">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.co