Sarah McIntosh

Thursday, August 14, 2008

In-Store Clinics

Categories: Kansas

I'm totally pumped for these in-store health care clinics. We just had several new ones open in Wichita, Kansas and I'd like to check them out.

They're in our Walgreens. I'm hoping for some Walmart and Target ones soon.

How convenient can you get? I hope people will really start to use them so the momentum keeps going. They are open in the evenings and on weekends.

You don't make an appointment. Instead you go in, they give you a beeper and you shop while you wait. It's like going to a restaurant and they beep you when they are ready to see you.

There is actual price transparency too!They post a list and so you know up front how much it will cost you. Most even take insurance co-pays. What a deal!

And wait just a sec, that's not all. You get your prescription and get it filled right there.

I can hardly wait to get sick!

(Click here for my policy paper on in-store clinics, here for a recent op-ed)

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Good News for Once

Kansas Health Policy Authority Has a New Member

Categories: Kansas

Rep. Neufeld has announced a new appointee to the Kansas Health Policy Authority this week. It's an exciting opportunity because the new appointee is a well-informed individual who is generally in favor of free-markets and individual responsibility.

But first, a little history...

So the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) is a group that the legislature created a couple years ago. In 2007 the legislature passes senate bill 11 which tasked the KHPA will studying health care reform options and specifically required them to consider consumer-driven alternatives. Instead the KHPA focused on reforms to expand government health care and to find other ways to take away individual freedoms. For more on this check out a Flint Hills Op-ed by Dr. Gregory Schneider. http://tinyurl.com/6q8tfz

So now...

Connie Hubbell has retired from the KHPA to start her own lobbying business. Her clients will include those in the health care industry. http://tinyurl.com/5oyao6

While it's good that she is retiring, I can't help but think this must have been in the back of her mind while she was making decisions as part of the KHPA.

Rep. Neufeld's new appointee, Ken Daniels is a small business owner and runs the Topeka Independent Business Association (TIBA). http://tinyurl.com/5gh2o6

I'm hopefully that he will be a great addition to the KHPA.