“.....cheaper prices..” There is a difference between “cheap” and “value”. The author is correct in that if you want something cheap you go to Walmart. If you want value for your purchase you go someplace else.
I can buy four pairs of work boots at Walmart for what I pay at Redwing. Redwings are made in the USA, by US workers, and are made of premium leather. Mine are four years old and still look new. The cheap boots are made in foreign shops, by foreign workers, paid slave wages, at companies that get to ignore safety and environmental regulation and they may not last six months in line of work. They are then thrown away, like most junk, continuing the cycle of waste.
If Walmart is able to bring competition to the medical market place, well good for them and us. If they want to bring “cheap” then we need to be careful what we wish for.
Some are still mad here, many are not. Sadly, I think only the very top of the line are made here.