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Smaller employers weigh a big-company fix for scarce primary care: Their own medical clinics
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Date:2025-04-21 12:25:38
With his company’s health costs soaring and his workers struggling with high blood pressure and other medical conditions, Winston Griffin, CEO of Laurel Grocery Co., knew his company had to do something.
So the London, Kentucky, wholesaler opened a health clinic.
“Our margins are tiny, so every expense is important,” Griffin said. The clinic, he said, has helped lower the company’s health costs and reduce employee sick leave.
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