Walmart Hospital
February 26th, 2020 at 10:56:19 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | Just kidding about the hospital, but the big box store is testing out more extensive Health care centers.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
February 26th, 2020 at 11:43:56 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Yes, they've been described as Jiffy Lube centers. Doctors see patients and get cash, no paperwork generated. |
February 26th, 2020 at 12:47:57 PM permalink | |
SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4157 |
I will bet you a lobster dinner versus three MOW dinners that there is 'paperwork' generated by any visit to a doctor. Paperwork of course is now a computer record of the visit, but you get my point. |
February 26th, 2020 at 12:57:19 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
That's one of the reasons Michael Jacksons DR was convicted He did not keep any records of how he was treating Jackson Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
February 26th, 2020 at 1:27:52 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 | WMT has looked at this on and off for years. They are getting a little like Sears once was with other services but smaller scale. They talked about buying a bank. Many have check cashing. All smart ideas. The President is a fink. |
February 26th, 2020 at 2:13:57 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Well, SOOPOO, of course you are correct in a strictly technical sense. Perhaps i will save you from enduring the MoW sugar cookies by amending my statement to "no burdensome paperwork generated." No medical billing industry arises from this anymore than a Jiffy Lube has a separate Billing Industry. |
February 27th, 2020 at 8:43:04 PM permalink | |
Gandler Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 27 Posts: 4236 | I love this as a GA resident. I have long been advocating cash based Medical and Dental visits with pre charted prices for exams and procedures. I love the idea of a Walmart Medical Clinic that is cash focused. This may be the future of medicine. I have long hated the influence of private insurance. I am an advocate of centralized healthcare. However, I am also an advocate of cash based healthcare (no insurance). I think the system that we currently use is a poor combination, we need to go full socialized or full cash. People rely on medical insurance for routine visits. Insurance used to be for unexpected medical catastrophes, not for your annual flu shot, your physicals, and your medications.... That should all be paid in cash... |
February 28th, 2020 at 1:09:37 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
You have no idea what you're talking about. You sound just like a Millennial who has yet to need insurance. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
February 28th, 2020 at 3:56:36 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
That has been the idea but it keeps getting shot down. Put $50-100 a week aside into what amounts to a medical IRA. Get a debit card. Routine visit swipe. I'd love it chain based so if I just have a cough (boy have I had a cough all year!) I can walk in and know the price. The President is a fink. |
February 28th, 2020 at 10:00:11 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Never gonna happen. Try and ask your doctor how much your visit will cost and nobody in the office will know or care. It has to be flexible to work. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |