Comments on: Wal-Mart To Sell Bargain Generic Drugs

Retail Giant Announces Plans To Greatly Reduce Prices For Prescriptions

[expeditionmo]

Please help me to locate the drugs that will be available to Illinois sometime next year. I've been searching everywhere under Walmart and only find stories about the lowering of prices.
If there is a direct site, please email it to me so we can check to see if our medication is listed.
Thank you.

[denhugli]

This is a great step, in affordable medicine. Being retired Military we watched the Government change our healthcare.

[heresmy2cent]

Kudos to Walmart! This is an ingenious marketing idea that will benefit the drug buying public immensely. It's ironic that it takes a private business to offer an affordable solution to purchasing generic medications rather than the brain donors in Washington, DC, who are too busy debating over flag burning or *** marriage.

[ajmystic]

I have used generic drugs since they first became available. I think it is a good idea for Wal-Mart to be selling them so that people can afford them. I just wish some of the drugs that my husband and I take were available in generic. It still costs us $35-$50 every time we get our prescriptions filled, so any reduction in price would be great. This is a boon for those on limited incomes and I applaud Wal-Mart for taking the lead. I seriously doubt we will be seeing this type of help from any of the big drug store chains anytime soon.

[shutupmurtha]

They have to attack wal-mart because there is nothing Legitimate for them to cry about, that is why they come up with all these conspiracy theories to undermind the Administration. Now the world is seeing how backwards this party is.
What makes sense about killing babies and doing away with the Death penalty for murders? What makes sense about screaming hate all the time and giving no solutions? What makes sense about dumb conspiracy theories as basis for arguments? What makes sense about reaising taxes on those who pay 98% of the tax already? what makes sense of pulling out of war in the middle of it? what makes sense about allowing ILLEGAL immigrants to come in our country when they already fill well over 25% of the federal prisons? what makes sense about calling a religion that blows people up nearly every day a peaceful religion and calling a relgion that has done more for the needy and hungry in the world than any government the real threat based on an reactionary event that happend hundreds of years ago? What makes SENSE about LIBERALISM?
And according to the democrats the ENEMY isnt Islam, terrorism, or Lunatic Dictators... It is WALMART, Global Warming, The Auto Industry, and America

[shutupmurtha]

Uh oh, another hit for the Democrats. What is going on first we have American Hating Dictators supporting what the dems have been saying for the last 5 years, bahsing our government, our President, and Our Country, Now the "great Enemy" of this country according to the dems, Wal-Mart, is offering even more benefits to the Democrat's base.

[lovelylady4]

"Critics contend that the company's benefits are too stingy, forcing taxpayers to absorb more of the cost as the workers lacking coverage turn to state-funded health care programs."

This was listed in the fast fact under the picture of the prescription with Ben in the background... so I guess that is what the two have in common... Great Idea... Makes you wonder what the mark up on these drugs really are.

[PenniH]

I think it interesting that everyone bashes Wal-Mart, but the parking lots are always full. What does this say about us? A few years ago it was Microsoft, now it is Wal-Mart.
Is this issue really this important? How about using this energy to fight world hunger, child abuse, international peace, world health, or any of many other issues affecting this world?
Wal-Mart is a business. In a country based on free interprise. Why do we think we have the right to tell someone how to run their business as long as they are not breaking any laws?
Are we that jeolous of success? It is sad that so many petty and narrow minded people can't find a legitimate outlet for their spite.

[ronniehm]

"Wal-Mart Stores Inc., facing pressure from critics who call its employee health care coverage inadequate..."

What does that have to do with selling generic drugs?

[gigsmom]

I think it is a good idea that Walmart is finally doing that with the prescription drugs,but I guess I don't understand why it will take 1 yr to get it in other states,and why they are just limiting it to Florida at the moment.