I want a clinic inside my local Walgreens'.
The use case is pretty obvious, especially this time of year: The sore throat that won't go away. The twisted ankle on ice, by someone who sort of understands first aid but can never remember when you ice something versus when you heat it.
I think one of these four options is miles ahead of the other three; your mileage may vary:
1. Make a doctor's appointment, see your primary physician a week from now
2. Go to Emergency Room, wait six hours
3. Go to Urgent Care clinic, pay $100
4. Go to CVS, wait five minutes, pay... $5? $10?
"Allowing retailers to make money off of sick people is wrong."
That sounds so noble, yet it's so catastrophically misguided. Replace "sick people" with "children" or "education" or "poor people" or heaven only knows what else.
Posted by Matt Bruce at January 11, 2008 02:31 PMSee, as long as they're really minor problems, it sounds like a fine idea. The big problem, though, is things that look minor but are major. I worry, for instance, that this kind of clinic would just give an Advil to someone with bacterial meningitis.
Posted by: Paul at January 11, 2008 08:12 PMThe big problem, though, is things that look minor but are major.
Is there any reason to believe that these sorts of things will happen more in a clinic like this than in a crowded ER where you have the least worst symptoms? Would people (esp. the uninsured) do anything or see anyone today if they contracted bacterial meningitis (I honestly dont know the symptoms).
Posted by: Kubi at January 12, 2008 05:32 AM