- submitted by . on 11/03/2009
A New Approach To Health Care Reform... Play Lotto?
Not sure exactly what to make of this image. A medical clinic that sells lotto tickets. Finding creative new ways for patients to pay for medical services.... Could open the way to all kinds of out-of-the-box approaches -- partnerships between medical clinics and Off Track Betting Parlors (won the Tri-fecta?...awesome, you've got your kidney transplant surgery)...Clinics offering slot machines or casino services (blackjack!...time for that prostate exam.)
We don't know if this image presages life if health care reform of some kind doesn't pass...or if health care reform does pass. (OK, it probably presages nothing; but we do like it, think it's pretty funny, odd.) But here it is... At least at this medical provider, no more need to get your yearly physical, then schlep all the way downtown to buy your lottery ticket. Convenience: there is no substitute.
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