Walmart is launching health plans through a new brokerage that will be available for the first time for seniors signing up this fall for Medicare medical and drug benefits in 2021.
The move announced Tuesday by Walmart comes at a time of intense competition in the health insurance industry for the booming population of seniors eligible for Medicare benefits. Already, myriad big health insurers are expanding into hundreds of new counties to sell both private Medicare Advantage health coverage and Medicare part D drug benefits.
