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Posted 06 January 2008 - 04:12 PM

I will never go to a regular doctor for a minor, routine illness again. Sick and wanting an appointment immediately, I went to one of those medical clinics in Wal-Mart. I got in almost immediately, everyone on the staff was extremely friendly, and it only cost $59. Wow. I was pleasantly surprised and impressed.

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 08:07 PM

I read about this elsewhere. I'm pretty sure this is a very, very good thing. Most of the stuff that folks go to a doc for is trivial stuff. That type of thing really drove health care costs for my dad's company. Folks think that insurance is somehow a free benefit and that they are obligated to use it as much as possible. Meanwhile, the missus and I self insure the first $2k, as we have for years, and we actually barter with my doc when we do want to check on things. We do our research and we are careful with our bodies, but we consume very little health care. I would say that most folks should have similar coverage and use WMT for everything trivial. M

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 09:25 PM

good luck! When doctors formed medical clinics or "groups" the price of medicine rose, as more tests were run, more equipment used, more pressure on doctors from practice managers (read: business managers). There is no incentive to "reassure" (the old "take two aspirin and call me in the morning" approach). Wal Mart may have figured a way around that, but there is incentive to sell drugs and related medical "stuff". Unless this is purely a marketing scheme to draw folks into the store, offer "discounted" medical care in the hopes that someone picks up a blender and a new TV on the way out the door... Wal Mart isn't just doing this to "be nice" I smell a rat and the further deterioration of the profession. Who are these "doctors" who are working for Wal Mart? mm
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Posted 06 January 2008 - 09:44 PM

Sure beats an emergency room visit!
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We have two near Tulsa, one in Owasso and one in Broken Arrow.
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 07:06 AM

MM, You "might" get ripped off at one of the WMT clinics, but it GUARANTEED that you will get buggered at an ER if you go there for a trivial problem. I think what's happening is that there's a market for services that don't subsidize the uninsured and the irresponsible, and WMT is going to exploit it. M

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 07:48 AM

THe ER system is badly broken for myriad reasons. People you do not know and have no history on or with show up and demand medical care. The ER doctor for medical and LEGAL reasons is forced to run unnecessary, expensive and redundant tests in order to be "thorough" and cover his/her's @ss. In addition, given the 40 million uninsured, its the place to go to get help, in the hopes you won't get hassled for your bill, since medicine has always promised to provide care in the ER whether you are prepared to pay for it or not. When you talk about "health care" in a clinic what do YOU think is acceptable? Treating a cold? A cut? More? And I know no politics are allowed, but have you heard ANY candidate DEFINE what they mean by "health care"? Who is entititled to what? Does a guy who gets a concussion and 10 broken legs from a silly snowmobile accident get "Universal Health Care" the same as some nerd like me who will never get on a snowmobile and never break a leg? ..... mm
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 10:45 AM

Living in Peru for a while. Doctor's visit $15. Meds 80% cheaper and don't require a prescription. Just tell the pharmacist your symptoms.
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 11:06 AM

Retired Invsestment banker patient. Powerful, egotistical. SHowed up in my office 1 week into a massive heart attack. Was reading on-line about his symptoms, self diagnosed it as "GERD" and was taking Prilosec OTC from Wal Mart. Much damage to his heart by the time he showed up. A patient from Trinidad thought he had "colitis" and was taking a prescription from his pharmacist. Turned out the pharmacist was giving him 5 Fluoro Uracil, a treatment for colon cancer. Finally flew up to USA where we diagnosed biliary cirrhosis. Liver was shot. We had to look around for a liver transplant. A patient this weekend was self-medicating with zinc, echinacea and OTC cold remediesfor his "stuffed chest" and shortness of breath. . By the time he got to the emergency room and was found to have atrial fibrillation with congestive heart failure he was 5 days into his symptoms. As I said before, good luck. mm
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 11:24 AM

A woman showed up here last week. Self medicating a rash around her vulva/perineum with her pharmacist. Had tried Monistat (thought it might be a yeast infection) then was given hydrocortisone cream, then "lubricating" lotions, and more. Finally came here. Biopsy shows Lichen Sclerosis et Atrophicus, one sample suspicious for squamous cell carcinoma. Her pharmacist has NO liability. He only took her word for her symptoms. (I can guarantee you he never looked at her you-know-what). A nurse practitioner at the nearby Navy Base in the walk in clinic sent a patient with "chest discomfort" to the emergency room. Never really took the patient's history or listened to the patient's story.No labs, no EKG, no examination. Same in the ER. Patient emergently sent for cardiac catheterization by the in-house cardiologists who "assumed" that the clinic doctor and ER doctors had taken proper histories. Patient kept trying to say but... but.. but... All tests were negative! Patient had indigestion. Too fat, ate too much. Very young, no other risk factors for heart disease. Non smoker, no blood pressure, etc. Total cost of that "care"? huge. Any liablity in this case? Where do you want to get advice? mm
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Posted 08 January 2008 - 11:52 AM

My sister-in-law went to her doctor complaining of lower abdominal pain. Her mother died of ovarian cancer at 43 years old. My sister-in-law was 43 at the time of the visit. The busy, this-interested doctor perscribed birth control pills or something. It was ovarian cancer and the doctor's lack of diligence prevented her from getting proper treatment for many months. He doesn't work for Wal-Mart. They wouldn't have him. Good luck.