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Wal Mart is by far not the first to do this. Lots of little grocery stores, and even some shopping malls I've seen have had small convienent care clinics in them. The idea is for those acute care needs such as my son has an earache, or I've got strep throat, etc you can pop in and get it checked out quickly.
Remember, these are still fully qualified physicians and/or PA/ARNPs staffing these things and they should damn well know if something is worse than one visit can handle, or if a patient needs follow up and can make the appropriate referrals.
The idea is not for you to have your general physician at wal mart, but rather for those times when you don't expect to need to go to the Dr but need care ASAP.
My real opinion is there's ups and downs to it. Good because it's cheap, more affordable healthcare that perhaps someone who couldn't afford to be seen before can now be seen, downs because people may abuse it and try to use this as their primary health care service, or something like that.
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