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And today, I want to talk about something I was excited about that is failing in the

marketplace. That's right I can get all fired up about something and it turns out

to be a big fat fail what it means for you, your money and also your health.

And then later I want to talk about a day coming very soon where you look over at one of those 18 wheelers, tractor trailer, and you see nobody in the cab.

Yeah, it's coming to an interstate near you.

So I have been over the years

Parma excited about what CVS did years ago and steadily expanded

with their nurse in a box program that they've now changed the name of to I think they call it health hub now. This is something

that started off really promising. Walmart then

decided to open health centers all over the country. They launched theirs much later than CVS doing so five

years ago. It stalled out at four or five dozen locations, which is nothing when you consider the size of Walmart.

Now Walmart shutting all theirs down.

CVS has reoriented theirs.

Walgreens long ago gave up and went a completely

different direction. Let me tell you why I love these and why I mourn their

passing. So so many of us as Americans do not have a regular primary care doctor.

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