Latest off the Walmart shelf: Health insurance

Walmart customers can now pick up slow cookers, canned goods, toilet paper, camping gear — and health insurance?

Bentonville, Arkansas-based superstore conglomerate Walmart Inc. has formed an insurance agency in Texas to sell Medicare policies, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

The new subsidiary, Walmart Insurance Services LLC, is currently hiring people to peddle its products and services, the newspaper reported. Some jobs will be home-based; no word on whether they’ll get discounts on sweatpants and pajamas at Walmart.