Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Walgreens offers relief to uninsured

Walgreens is launching a nationwide effort to help the unemployed and uninsured.

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 prescriptions.

Deerfield-based 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.

The program lasts until the end of the year. There are five Take Care clinics in Chicago.

1 comments:

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