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Very nice of Walgreens to offer this Take Care Recovery Plan to help out the newly unemployed and uninsured. This is from the Q & A.
Q. What is the Take Care Recovery Plan?
A. The Take Care Recovery Plan is an offer for free healthcare services at Take Care Clinics throughout the remainder of 2009 for all current and future Take Care Clinic patients and their families that suffer a job loss after March 31, 2009 and have no health insurance benefits.
Q. Why are Walgreens and Take Care Health Systems announcing this offer?
A. During tough economic times, the Take Care Recovery Plan gives patients peace of mind that their basic healthcare needs will be taken care of. The offer is aligned with Take Care Clinic’s founding focus of providing patient-centric, high-quality healthcare and an unparalleled healthcare experience. Walgreens, Take Care Health Systems and Take Care Clinics are demonstrating their commitment to families during tough economic times, and believe that quality, accessible and affordable care should be the right of every individual.
Q. What Take Care Clinic services are included in the Take Care Recovery Plan offer?
A. The offer includes most services for the treatment of illnesses and injuries currently provided at Take Care Clinics, including treatment for common family illnesses such as colds, cough, flu, upper respiratory conditions and minor skin conditions. A full list of Take Care Clinic services, generally priced at $59 and above, can be accessed at www.takecarehealth.com. The Take Care Recovery Plan offer only applies to services provided and tests ordered by Take Care Health Practitioners in Take Care Clinics. The Take Recovery Plan offer does not apply to any healthcare services provided by any healthcare professionals outside of a Take Care Clinic. Patients will be responsible for all costs and charges for services by healthcare providers outside of a Take Care Clinic.
http://www.takecarehealth.com/pdfs/External%20QA.pdf
*This offer applies to any Take Care Clinic patient that loses his or her job on or after March 31 and has no health insurance. Any other individual that visits a Take Care Clinic as a patient after March 31, and then loses his or her job and is uninsured, may qualify for the offer for the remainder of 2009.
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That's good to know, purplerain, thanks. So many people's insurance is tied into their workplace. When they lose their job, that's gone too. The positive PR won't do Walgreens any harm either!
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Any company that makes an effort like that deserves my business I think. I like to shop where I feel the companies are more customer than profit orientated.
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Good for Walgreens! I hope it is well publicized so as many as possible that need it can take advantage of the program. Thank you, purplerain. :)
Thanks purplerain! I noticed their press release announcing this came out March 31. I wonder if they're wishing they hadn't offered that now with this H1N1 flu virus rearing its ugly head...
Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.
- Samuel Johnson