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Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« on: October 10, 2009, 03:17:34 PM »
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Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accepted
   
no more waiting to see if your doctor can squeeze you in


I get sinus infections quite a lot during the winter ... in fact, I believe I am trying to get one now


this new thing is possibly a great breakthrough

http://takecarehealth.com/

Oh, Frank......

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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2009, 03:32:16 PM »
Those clinics would vanish I bet under ObamaCare
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2009, 03:43:06 PM »
The clinics have been around for a couple of years, but I do agree that they are a good idea.

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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2009, 04:47:29 PM »
They are nice but unfortunately for greenbriar, if she's honest (cough, BS, cough) about her recent apparent medical history, they would probably tell her to go back to her doctor.  Even though a doctor runs those clinics, they are staffed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants. 
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2009, 04:58:46 PM »
Quote from: Traveshamockery on October 10, 2009, 04:47:29 PM
They are nice but unfortunately for greenbriar, if she's honest (cough, BS, cough) about her recent apparent medical history, they would probably tell her to go back to her doctor.  Even though a doctor runs those clinics, they are staffed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants. 

For 85% of all doctor visits that is all that is needed. Without tort reform a practical approach to medicine will never happen.

Check out this little goodie about the canaries in the coal mine for obama hellcare:

"States Show How Not To Fix Health Care "

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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2009, 05:16:17 PM »
CVS Pharmacy tried the same thing in Boston with their 'Minute Clinics' -- see what the mayor of that city had to say about that....

Quote from: http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/01/mayor_menino_bl.html
Mayor Menino blasts approval of in-store clinics

By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino today blasted a state decision that paves the way for CVS Corp. and other retailers to open medical clinics inside their stores.

In a statement, the mayor said the decision yesterday by the state Public Health Council "jeopardizes patient safety. Limited service medical clinics run by merchants in for-profits corporations will seriously compromise quality of care and hygiene. Allowing retailers to make money off of sick people is wrong."

Menino called on the city's Public Health Commission, which meets this afternoon, to "look closely at limited service medical clinics and see how we can ensure that all healthcare facilities in Boston offer a comprehensive approach to health and wellness."


I bet you can guess what party Marbles Menino belongs to, even though its not included in the article.  :whatever:  Rest of article in link above.

edit - cleaned up quote.
« Last Edit: October 10, 2009, 05:17:49 PM by miskie »
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2009, 05:21:22 PM »
With DUmmy greenbriar's posts, you have to look past her constant lies to see what her real purpose
is. In this post, she wants to be sure all her deadbeat DUmpmates know that she has medical insurance
while most of them are on the dole.
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2009, 09:56:11 PM »
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Allowing retailers to make money off of sick people is wrong

So, they can't sell cough syrup? Nasal spray? Benedryl? Thermometers?
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2009, 08:35:12 AM »
Quote from: dandi on October 10, 2009, 09:56:11 PM
So, they can't sell cough syrup? Nasal spray? Benedryl? Thermometers?

Apparently not - all will be provided by Dr. Gregory Hussein Obama. ( Cue 'Teardrop' by Massive Attack )
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2009, 09:33:03 AM »
Quote from: miskie on October 10, 2009, 05:16:17 PM
CVS Pharmacy tried the same thing in Boston with their 'Minute Clinics' -- see what the mayor of that city had to say about that....

I bet you can guess what party Marbles Menino belongs to, even though its not included in the article.  :whatever:  Rest of article in link above.

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QUERY: are medical folks in Boston unionized and the clinic workers outside the unions?

This seems a hard and strange push-back for something that is popular everywhere its found. This has to be pissing off a campaign contributor somehow.
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2009, 09:58:48 AM »
Personally I love the idea of those clinics. If more people used them rather than clogging up the local ED it is worth it.
Sometimes the kid is sick enough to stay home from school but they still require a doctor's note and there are no appointments at the doctor's office. I would have no problem using one.
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2009, 11:15:39 AM »
Quote from: AprilRazz on October 11, 2009, 09:58:48 AM
Personally I love the idea of those clinics. If more people used them rather than clogging up the local ED it is worth it.
Sometimes the kid is sick enough to stay home from school but they still require a doctor's note and there are no appointments at the doctor's office. I would have no problem using one.

We've got "urgent care" clinics around here.  Supposedly, we're supposed to get a 110-bed hospital about 5 miles east of me sometime in the next few years.  One of the "urgent care" clinics has bailed our butts out, with The Heiress, a few times.
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2009, 01:34:05 PM »
One of the grocery stores here has one of those minute clinics and I have had sinusitis treated there once on a Sunday.  It was very convenient because the pharmacy is right there.  They took my insurance.  But you have to pay, one way or another - either cash or with insurance.

How much do you want to bet that there will soon be a federal mandate that even those minute clinics cannot turn anyone away regardless of their ability to pay?
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
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4. Great idea. I love the concept of "urgent care" clinics. They would do a
   
great job of easing the burden on emergency clinics IF they saw people with NO MONEY and no insurance, like the vast numbers of undocumented aliens who fill our ER's here in SoCal. I am not sure how we are gonna solve that problem.

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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2009, 04:34:59 PM »
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great job of easing the burden on emergency clinics IF they saw people with NO MONEY and no insurance, like the vast numbers of undocumented aliens who fill our ER's here in SoCal. I am not sure how we are gonna solve that problem.

Hey DA - just who exactly is supposed to pay for the rent they pay to the stores where they do business?  And I'm sure you can find an unlimited number of people who wouldn't mind working for free to take care of those people with NO MONEY and no insurance.  :sarcasm:

NEXT Dummie suggestion, please. 
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2009, 04:41:19 PM »
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QUERY: are medical folks in Boston unionized and the clinic workers outside the unions?

This seems a hard and strange push-back for something that is popular everywhere its found. This has to be pissing off a campaign contributor somehow.

I don't think any employee of CVS or Walgreens are unionized, - and as for other Boston area medical professions, the number of unionized locations is fairly well split. I'd say if this were a problem, the Massachusetts legislature would have killed the initiative off instantly.

Lower income people who qualify for MassHealth (part of the commonwealth's universal healthcare) have a copay at these types of clinics costing about four bucks IIRC. Well, whatever the figure is, its dirt cheap, so it isn't going to really hurt the poor or elderly.

With that being said, Boston has MASSIVE amounts of medical and medical technology businesses spread throughout the city, consisting of some of the finest medical institutions and colleges in the United States. I can only think that Marbles is protecting that tax revenue stream.

The taxes that can be assessed on a total bill costing less than $100 before insurance reduces the cost to the patient are going to be far far lower than the taxes that can be levied against an ER visit for the sniffles. Its the only logical conclusion.
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2009, 02:44:34 AM »
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I don't think any employee of CVS or Walgreens are unionized, -

Walgreens is based out of the Chicago area, alot of the employees are union.
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2009, 07:36:21 AM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on October 12, 2009, 02:44:34 AM
Walgreens is based out of the Chicago area, alot of the employees are union.

Really - A few years back the Walgreens around here were getting picketed by non-employees for some imaginary violation of some moonbat law. Although I don't remember what it was over, I could only assume it was a non-union production as the employees weren't doing the picketing.

It might have been Jobs With Justice or somesuch that was there, I don't remember clearly as I really didn't care. I also remember laughing as I drove by another Walgreens in the area a week later, and members of the organization were picketing that one.. All two of them.

Although I had no intention of stopping, I made a point to go in and buy a candy bar.  :-)
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Re: Take Care clinics at Walgreens...WOW a cool concept and my insurance co is accep
« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2009, 02:09:17 PM »
I smell a rat, too, where Marbles is concerned.  Look at his answer, it's dripping with smarmy, fake concern. 

I love these Urgent care places.  We have one 3 minutes from the house.  If you know you just need to get on some antibiotics but don't want to spend the next 8 hours in the ER, they're perfect. 
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