re: #356 DistantThunder

Driving around Texas while on a visit, I saw many QuickMed walk in stores embedded in street malls. Isn’t that the real solution? Make the services so ubiquitous that the price comes down? Very few people had medical insurance in the 60’s but everyone went to the doctor. I know I did as a child. And to the dentist. So did my cousins who were not very well off.

I was in our local mega-drug store and heard an announcement that they had a new walk-in medical clinic opening. No need for an appointment for minor ailments. Think of how profitable it would be to have your customers diagnosed in your store so they can then buy the products? That’s genius.

I’m all for this - walk in “free” service (of course someone pays - you do, via taxes).

But the problem with health care is not office visits and a couple of pill bottles, its hospitalization and high-tech tests and treatments.

I doubt there’s a good (read: free) solution, but I think the money is there, which is what Obama keeps saying, and just because he says it, doesn’t necessarily make it false.