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As reported by Yahoo and the Associated Press:
Drugstore operator Walgreens will offer free clinic visits to the unemployed and uninsured for the rest of the year, providing tests and routine treatment for minor ailments through its walk-in clinics — though patients will still pay for precriptions.
Walgreens said patients who lose their job and health insurance after March 31 will be able to get free treatment at its in-store Take Care clinics for respiratory problems, allergies, infections and skin conditions, among other ailments. Typically those treatments cost $59 or more for patients with no insurance.
Hal Rosenbluth, chairman of the Take Care Health Systems division, described the plan as something close to an experiment: He said Walgreens isn’t sure of patient demand or how much providing the services might cost the company.
It’s likely to generate more attention for the clinics, however. Rosenbluth said a typical Take Care patient tells eight other people about his or her experience. So far, about 30 percent of Take Care patients were new customers to Walgreens.
The program is expected to last through the end of 2009. Walgreens runs 341 Take Care clinics in 35 markets around the country, including Chicago, Atlanta, Miami and Cleveland.
Free services will be offered only from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Walgreens said it will not offer free checkups, vaccinations or other injections because it is focusing on providing services patients might otherwise get at an urgent-care center or even an emergency room.
Patients must present proof they are unemployed, including a federal or state unemployment determination letter and an unemployment check stub. They will have to sign a form at the clinic saying they have lost their jobs and health benefits. If they find a new job or get new health insurance, they will no longer be eligible for free care.
Spouses and children are also eligible for free services if they don’t have insurance of their own.
Medical lab operator Quest Diagnostics is participating in the program by offering free tests for step throat and urinary tract infections.
Walgreens bought the Take Care clinics in May 2007. Take Care says it has seen about 1.2 million patients since its launch in November 2005 and estimates that up to 30 percent of them were uninsured.
A fun-filled evening for fashionistas and fashionista wanna-bes will be held Thursday, April 30 at the T. Pepin Hospitality Center in Tampa – and it’s all for a good cause. Clinton Kelly guest speaker at United Way of Tampa Bay’s Fifth Annual Art of Giving, Kelly, co-host of “What Not to Wear”, will give fashion tips and make over two lucky women.
The event benefits Summer Care, a United Way project which provides free summer childcare and financial education to working families, “Caring with Style” is patterned after Kelly’s new bestseller, Freakin’ Fabulous, in which he instructs readers on how to dress, eat, drink, entertain, speak, behave, decorate – in short, how to be fabulous themselves.
Silent and live auctions will include purses by Prada, Dooney & Bourke, Coach, Elliott Lucca, and Michael Kors, and four luxury trips to Paris, Buenos Aires, Isle of Capri and the San Francisco Wine Country. Signed copies of Clinton’s book will be available for an additional donation.
Upon entering the hall, guests will interact with a larger-than-life display of Kelly’s book, Freakin Fabulous, and a pictorial display of what Summer Care means to the families who participate. During the program, a surprise presentation by a woman who used to donate to United Way – and then found herself in need of Summer Care for her children – will include a Kelly makeover. An additional Kelly makeover was auctioned on eBay in the weeks before the event.
“We enjoy preparing for the Art of Giving event and when Clinton Kelly agreed to come, we were thrilled,” said Afira DeVries, United Way of Tampa Bay Vice President of Resource Development. “And when you realize that you’re having all this fun and raising money so parents can send their children to a safe environment during the summer, it’s a satisfying feeling.”
For tickets visit www.unitedwaytampabay.org or call Courtney Smith at 813.274.0914.
Event Schedule:
Art of Giving
Thursday, April 30, 2009
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Cocktails, Registration and Fun
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. – Dinner and Program
T. Pepin Hospitality Center
4121 N. 50th Street, Tampa
Tickets: $100.00
Table sponsorships available
