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Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, is expanding nationwide its health care coverage next month for employees who want to enlist the services of a doula, a person trained to
Walmart said the program is meant to address racial inequities in health care and improve the maternal and infant health of its workers and their babies.
Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, is expanding nationwide its health care coverage next month for employees who want to enlist the services of a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies. The coverage was first offered to Walmart employees in Georgia in 2021, and then last year the Bentonville, Arkansas-based discounter offered the same benefit to employees in Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois. The exception is Hawaii, which has its own set of health benefits, Walmart said.
Walmart’s new program, which kicks off nationwide on Nov. 1, aims to increase momentum for the use of doula services to help address racial inequities in maternal care, as well as improve the maternal and infant health of its workers and their babies.
Walmart is expanding its health care coverage for employees who want to use a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies.