I spent most of yesterday talking to people about Wal-Mart's new drug plan. The retail chain is selling about 300 generic drugs at $4 for a month's supply. They kicked it off Thursday in Tampa Bay, Fla., and it could reach the rest of the country by next year.

Here's the Associated Press story about the new discount, which we ran on the front page of today's paper. And go here for the list of drugs.

People had many different things to say about the $4 drugs.

“It sounds like some kind of gimmick," said Jeanne Shelton, 84, of Bakersfield. She was one of the many people I talked to at the Carriage House Estates retirement home.

“That would be good for me even, and I’m not getting up there like some of the people here," said Sandi Watson, 49, the retirement home's manager.

I also talked to many people at The Marketplace.

“They’re probably trying to compensate for what they do to their employees," said Aaron Brown, 35, of Bakersfield. A member of an electrician's union, he had qualms with the health insurance they provide to employees. Wal-Mart has relaxed some of its guidelines, and now part-time workers who have been there a year can get insurance. But the benefit carries a high deductible.

“Wal-Mart is doing what the federal government has failed to do," said Bruce Jones, 71, of Bakersfield, who was also at the Marketplace.

To see more of what people thought of Wal-Mart's new effort, go to Bakersfield.com and click on  "Would you go to Wal-Mart for $4 prescriptions?" under "Video."