My point is more options not pushed forward by the government, are a good thing.

No matter what the quality of a Walmart Doc-in-a-box, it will still be less likely to kill you than health care controlled entirely by the government.

Nor should the government be controlling it at all.

Yes, but free healthcare is neither a guaranteed right or entitlement.

At least not yet

Situations like this is where a rational person would have to exercise good judgment. (Tough love I know, given the apparent dumbing down of the public)

If you think they have the capabilities for whatever ailment you have, by all means use them. If not go to the hospital.

Renewal/filling of prescriptions, blood pressure checks and simple things like that. The Doc in a Box model is perfectly fine.

If you need a hospital, go to the hospital.

But if you don't need that level of care, save yourself the money and use other options.

Cheap is still better than none on that front Hiraghm. And none is what we will be left with, the way things are cratering now.

I support this.

Given the reductions caused by Obamacare, an alternative needs to be available.

My state has a single health care insurance provider. They have refused to cover in half the hospitals in the state, to "improve the networks". Basically those hospitals would not agree to the new schedule of reimbursements.

This automatically reduces available health care options for people with insurance. It will also cause those facilities to go under if they can't make another business model work.

Walmart as an option for minor things with a set fee schedule would be very usefull.

New Hampshire is the state if anyone was wondering.