OT. health care.

flying belgian · Nov 30, 2011

Wife told me she heard Walmart is thinking of getting into the healthcare provider business. Anybody else hear that and would that be a good thing or not?

Dean · Nov 30, 2011

I have heard rumors to that effect.

Iit might turn out to be a good opportunity for Wal Mart and it might serve to help hold down the rapidly increasing costs of health care.

Dean

Anonymous-0 · Nov 30, 2011

got places kinda like that over here......may not quite compare but the principal is the same..... They built a kind of clinic mall a few towns away.... Doc says you need something, you can go there and have it done mostly as outpatient....... Could see it helping to keep costs down if they didn't employ quacks and keep equipment up to date....

But don't worry, if they do it, it'll only last a little while til some idiot sues them and puts the halts to it.......

JWalker · Nov 30, 2011

They are going to provide "Doc in a box" services with nurse practioners. They will be able to treat minor aliments and such.

noncompos · Nov 30, 2011

Will any medications provided be from China??

Big 86 · Nov 30, 2011

(quoted from post at 19:18:43 11/30/11) They are going to provide "Doc in a box" services with nurse practioners. They will be able to treat minor aliments and such.

Local Hyvee store is doing this already.

Russ from MN · Nov 30, 2011

They give flu shots here, but so does Target and Walgreens

oldironman · Nov 30, 2011

I wish they would take over the mail and auto registration so we would get some sevice.

Drill · Nov 30, 2011

There was a blurb on the news that the patent protection has just run out for Lipitar (sp) the most prescribed drug in the world. The company that made (Phizer??) it says this opens the door for all the generic drugs to take over and the end of drug research in America. Hello China drug imports.

LarrySTN · Nov 30, 2011

It might help keep down the cost of health care, but the real cost in health care is the Fickin lawyers practicing medicine. If I were a doc I"d have a hard time treating any lawyer!

Anonymous-0 · Dec 1, 2011

Yeah Me too, but you could treat them any way you wanted to. wouln't have to heal them.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 1, 2011

Patents on drugs run expire all the time...that's why we have generic medications. It's been going on ever since the first drug was patented.

Besides...the Chinese have never been known to honor patent laws from other countries...so why would this be any different?

M-MAN · Dec 1, 2011

Yep, they're doing that here. "Partnering" with the local hospital. I figure it'll be like the Optrometist deal they are already doing. Gives the old retired Doc's something to do so I reckon that's all right.

rustyfarmall · Dec 1, 2011

(quoted from post at 04:53:00 12/01/11) Yeah Me too, but you could treat them any way you wanted to. wouln't have to heal them.

As long as there is any kind of health insurance involved, the doctors will never do any more than "treat" the symptoms. If they were to actually "heal" you, those insurance payments would stop.

HuskerMedic · Dec 1, 2011

Wife's uncle is a pharmacist for Walgreens. He said they (Walgreens) were planning on offering similar services. N.P. or P.A.

Economic slowdown put the skids on it. He said it's still in the plans, just back-burnered for now.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 1, 2011

Every doctor I've been to tries to heal me, so I'm sure it's true for
most people. They all tell you to lose weight (wonder how many
ailments are obesity related?), don't smoke, eat a balanced diet,
exercise regularly. They also advise regular checkups, especially
over age 50 get a colonoscopy, etc. But most of us are too lazy to
do all these things, so we get our "symptoms treated"

showcrop · Dec 1, 2011

This was on the news some months ago. The gyst of it was that they take care of the straight forward low risk issues for people who can pay or have good insurance. Meanwhile the hospitals keep the tougher high risk problems and those who ave no insurance and can't pay so it will end up making serious care more expensive for the average person.

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