hmm. Have you ever had one of those $30 physicals? They are not really about medical care, you know :)
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Gruss Gott<[email protected]> wrote: > >> gg wrote: >> And then get billions of healthcare dollars into the hands of the uninsured. >> > > BTW, why do you think the uninsured don't use the services below more often? > > A routine physical for $30? People can't afford $30? > > There's some good data for Judah to collect: of those that are > uninsured, how many purchase preventative care from places like Minute > Clinic? > > Now I'm intellectually lazy, but I'd put money that it's a PRETTY LOW > percentage. Like maybe 1%. > > http://minuteclinic.com/en/USA/Treatment-and-Cost.aspx > > Common Illnesses > --------------------------------- > Allergies (ages 2+) $62 > Bladder Infections* (females, ages 12-65) $67 > Bronchitis (ages 5+) $62 > Ear Infections $62 > Pink Eye & Styes $62 > Sinus Infections $62 > Strep Throat (additional lab charges may apply) $77 > Swimmers Ear $62 > > > Wellness & Prevention > ----------------------------------- > Camp Physicals* $30 > Cholesterol Screening* $45 > Diabetes Screening* $40 > Health Screening Package* $66 > Hypertension Screening* $30 > Obesity Screening* $30 > Smoking Cessation* $30 > Sports Physicals* $30 > Additional Services > Ear Wax Removal $59 > Flu Diagnosis $102 > Lice* $6 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298636 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
