NEWS - Wal-Mart's $4 generic presciption drug plan extended to a total of 27 states

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Wal-Mart's $4 generic prescription drugs extended to Missouri, other states

ASSOCIATED PRESS

10/26/2006

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest

retailer, said today it is extending its $4 generic prescription drug plan

to Missouri and 11 other states, bringing to total to 27 states, including

Illinois, which had been added earlier.

The move brings 1,008 more stores under the program, under which Wal-Mart

charges $4 for a one-month supply of 314 different prescriptions. That

number includes 143 drugs in a variety of dosages and solid or liquid forms.

Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart rolled out the program in Florida three

weeks ago and last week added 14 states to the list. The low-priced drugs

are now available in 2,507 Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Neighborhood Market

stores.

The company said in a news release that it accelerated the launch of the

low-priced prescriptions because of customer demand.

Analysts say the program will help Wal-Mart by bringing in more customers

who will shop in other store departments, and extend its reach in another

segment of the retailing industry - the drug store business.

Union-backed Wal-Mart critics have also accused the company of using the

low-priced drugs to divert attention from its own employee health insurance

plan, which anti-Wal-Mart groups say does not offer adequate coverage.

States added today were: Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, land, Michigan,

Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Dakota and Virginia.

States already with the program were: Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Delaware,

Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North

Carolina, Oregon, Texas and Vermont.

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[ ] NEWS - Wal-Mart's $4 generic presciption drug plan

extended to a total of 27 states

> Wal-Mart's $4 generic prescription drugs extended to Missouri, other

> states

>

> ASSOCIATED PRESS

> 10/26/2006

>

> LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest

> retailer, said today it is extending its $4 generic prescription drug plan

> to Missouri and 11 other states, bringing to total to 27 states, including

> Illinois, which had been added earlier.

>

> The move brings 1,008 more stores under the program, under which Wal-Mart

> charges $4 for a one-month supply of 314 different prescriptions. That

> number includes 143 drugs in a variety of dosages and solid or liquid

> forms.

>

> Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart rolled out the program in Florida three

> weeks ago and last week added 14 states to the list. The low-priced drugs

> are now available in 2,507 Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Neighborhood Market

> stores.

>

> The company said in a news release that it accelerated the launch of the

> low-priced prescriptions because of customer demand.

>

> Analysts say the program will help Wal-Mart by bringing in more customers

> who will shop in other store departments, and extend its reach in another

> segment of the retailing industry - the drug store business.

>

> Union-backed Wal-Mart critics have also accused the company of using the

> low-priced drugs to divert attention from its own employee health

> insurance

> plan, which anti-Wal-Mart groups say does not offer adequate coverage.

>

> States added today were: Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, land,

> Michigan,

> Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Dakota and Virginia.

>

> States already with the program were: Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Delaware,

> Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,

> North

> Carolina, Oregon, Texas and Vermont.

>

>

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> Not an MD

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> I'll tell you where to go!

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> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

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> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

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