Pharmacy giant Walgreens is looking to take a larger share of the primary care market in Michigan.
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The companies are largely targeting the same market: seniors on Medicare or Medicare Advantage insurance plans, a large and growing segment. Oak Street, which serves just 160,000 patients, caters exclusively to that group. VillageMD and Walgreens’ Summit Health serve “millions” of patients at 680 locations in 26 markets, and take insurance from patients across the age and payer spectrum, but Walgreens’ growth plans are focused on areas with growing Medicare populations.
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