Walmart pharmacy Jeanine Jiganti joins Walmart at a time when health care lawyers are in huge demand across the United States. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pushing forward with plans to remake America's health care system, Walmart Inc. on Wednesday announced it has created the new legal position of senior vice president and general counsel for health and wellness. The company named Jeanine Jiganti, an experienced health care lawyer, to the post.

Jiganti, who will report to company general counsel Karen Roberts, begins the new job June 3. She joins Walmart at a time when health care lawyers are in huge demand across the United States.

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