Those of you who know some of the stuff I have written here also know that I am totally against government interference in the peoples lives. I believe that government policy for social welfare is partly (well mostly) responsible for the problems we have here in the US and that more is out of the question. I have also made clear that I do not like the strong hold Wal-Mart has made on Americans and market. Well, I just saw a Wal-Mart commercial and thought ‘Wow maybe Wal-Mart CAN be a help after all’.
The democrats have been talking about starting a national healthcare policy that tax payers would have to pay for all. Now I understand the need to offer medical services for all and that insurance companies should not dictate the kind of care a patient receives. I do not believe that the government should provide this service or cause the reform of what we have. We the people need to be independent from the government…That principal is what this country was found.
The commercial I saw was about the prescription prices be a better deal at Wal-Mart. I also remember that this super center offers vision care and in some places I believe they offer a medical clinic type service.
I thought with the healthcare political issues we are currently having and the American need that maybe Wal-Mart and of course other businesses could really help. They can provide services that the people are begging for and relieve the government of this responsibility that they should not even have. Social programs were originally left for humanitarianism by private parties because other wise the government would have to power over the people and cause undue trouble.
Lets get back to the ideal, demand that big companies provide what we need and work hard to earn the American dream. Leave the government to protect like its originators and intended. Do not let the government run our lives and Do not let them deceive us any longer.
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"demand that big companies provide what we need"
"Do not let the government run our lives"
So it is OK to let the government dictate to and interfere with business? You do know that businesses are all run and owned by people, right? Maybe this is not the contradiction I think it is, can you explain?
Oh NO no no no no ... Government should not interfere with buisness. Government should not interefere with a lot of things esspecially the people lives and the buisness they own.
I think alot of the programs offered by the government should stop...rather, be taken over by the private sector.
Is there anything else left to explain...Government should BUtt out period
~T
All truths are easy to understand once discovered; The point is to discover them ~Galileo
...with no purported connection to the anti-christ.
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Cool. The healthy competition is good for the consumer...protecting us with out G-interferance. If All the retail turned to this types of survice then I can not have to cross over to the enemies side;)
Yeah Target...to bad there is not one for over a hundred mile.
~T
All truths are easy to understand once discovered; The point is to discover them ~Galileo
I always forget that I'm in the heart of Targetland. It's a Minneapolis company, so there is a Target within walking distance no matter where you are in the metro area.
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
I always thought Target was a French company.
Properly pronounced: Tar-shay' Bo-teek'
I guess Minneapolis is pretty close to the same thing. :-)
We pronounce it "Targhetto."
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How good is the quality of the service that Wal*Mart offers? This could be a really valuable resource, but only if the service is effective and covers what the people need. I don't really know anything about the programs that Wal*Mart has, but because they tend to be stereotyped as cheap (both cost and quality) I'm wary about what they could offer to the people. Low-income families or senior citizens on a fixed income might jump at the chance to have more affordable insurance, but would they still be able to get everything that they need?
Very good point.
Are you saying that insurance available now is adequate?
I figured they would get better service since they will get the best product for themself instead of dictated cheap like they have now.
As a consumer product, they would offer people options and low price they need. A doc is a doc is a doc. The Wal-Mart eye care seems really good so far.
It could be a help, if you want perfect coverage, work for it and raise your kids up right. All else fails, something is better then nothing. It Could help.
~T
All truths are easy to understand once discovered; The point is to discover them ~Galileo
No, not all insurance that is available now is adequate. Far from it in many cases. But I think that the service at Wal*Mart also leaves a bit to desired. I'm a little leery of making use of the eye doctors that are available there because I question why these doctors weren't able to make successful careers elsewhere. I've seen some people come out of Wal*Mart with pretty horrible haircuts, and I know I'm being a bit stereotypical or judgmental here, but I worry what a Wal*Mart eye doctor could do to me.
You're definitely right about the low prices and the prescriptions. And having something is better than nothing, I guess I'm just playing devil's advocate a bit and saying "What if that something leaves me blind in one eye...."
I totally understand that.
One of the Captin's I fly with as a reservist is the Wal-Mart eye doctor. He said it was one of the few places that could accomodate his military. I originally planned to say this as a defense of Wal-Mart Docs but then I realized how bad the MIlitary Docs sometime are... In the end I think it will be the same quality of course you will run into idiots that burn out you eye on accident. And we will always make it seem worse then it is.
Good post
~T
All truths are easy to understand once discovered; The point is to discover them ~Galileo
WalMart has built their success on the basis of price competition. They almost always sell for less.
There service may not be as good as you can get in a specialty retail store, or a specialty eye clinic or at a local pharmacy. But for lots and lots of people, low price is the main issue and service is secondary.
I love Walmart's policy of selling all prescriptions of generic drugs at a $4 flat rate. That is an excellent price and they earn my business even thought their pharmacy in my town is a pain and I almost always end up waiting (shopping) for 30 minutes while they fill my prescription which is never ready when I show up.
Regards,
Jack
I think that is part of the evil plan... sucker customers in with low price prescriptions, the longer their wait the more they buy. The $4 prices is what got me thinking.
Thank you for posting
~T
All truths are easy to understand once discovered; The point is to discover them ~Galileo