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![Wal Mart Focuses On Growth As It Opens Six Supercenters In Ohio](https://img.money.com/2014/10/walmart-1280x720.jpg)
*BOWLING GREEN, OH - MAY 17: A Wal-Mart greeter waits to welcome new customers to the new 2,000 square foot Wal-Mart Supercenter store May 17, 2006 in Bowling Green, Ohio. The new store, one of three new supercenters opening today in Ohio, employs 340 people with 60 percent of those working full-time. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images)*

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[You Can Now Buy Health Insurance at Walmart. Should You?](https://money.com/buy-health-insurance-walmart/ "You Can Now Buy Health Insurance at Walmart. Should You?")

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