Please STOP Walmart from endangering people's health!

Mama Witch is MAD...even PISSED over an article I read this morning. I always knew that Walmart was corporate scum; driving small business under, treating their employees like dispensible know-nothings and encouraging the enormous debt problem American's face by spending millions of dollars year on companies that come in and assist store managers on how to place products, which lighting to use, music to play, etc..to ENSURE that you, the consumer, spend the ratio that they help set "2:1" - for every 2 minutes you are in the store you will buy 1 more item...and those one more items add up to big bucks for this corporate filth! Now, even this Witch will admit that the $4 perscription idea is a great one and many people do benefit from it - HOWEVER, do not be so naive as to think the good ol Walton's are shelling out the additional funding between drug companies and consumers as an "act of community" - believe me, it is YOUR impulsive buying that pays that bill! They count on it! Stopping pumping them full of their billions of dollars each year and say so long to that program - shameful! But now, Walmart has stooped to an ultimate DANGEROUS low - "Walmart Walk-In medical Clinics"!!! If you are not enraged, you should be! As the parent of a chronically ill child, I am infuriated!!!!!!!!!!! Hello - American MedicalAssociation, jump in here!!!!!!!!!! Currently, there are 77 of the clinics opperating, primarily in the Southern states (where income's are notoriously lower and quality healthcare a luxury, a coincidence??? NO) with a "promise of intent" for 200 more clinics to be built this year and have 400 up and running nationwide at most Supercenters by 2010. These facilities are staffed by nurses and physician's assistants who can treat anything from a common cold to a bladder infection and beyond! They are supported by local teaching hospitals which makes this whole idea even MORE incredulous! First of all, let's discuss the dangers this posses to people! An occasional cold or a case of the sniffles are normal - chronically, they could be symptomatic of an allergy/asthma problem which needs the attention of a physician! An occasionl bruise or unusual mark on a child could be nothing more than a toddlers clumsiness - or it could be child abuse! Who would know if the parent is clinic hoping! What happened to the importance of your medical chart and BOND with your family doctor?????? This is how serious illness is detected! From a financial standpoint, what insurance company is going to cover this? How can you be certain that drug companies are not offering funding and incentives to promote THEIR drugs, costing you more money? What about "pill shoppers"? Are there medics on stand by in case a patient needs immediate transport to a hospital? What about how they would handle a heart attack or stroke victim or a code?????? Do they offer surgery, too (that was sarcastic...)? People, think! Do not support this lunacy - see your FAMILY doctor! If you do not have insurance, visit ANY of the local hospitals who will be sure to hook you up with a social worker to help you. This is dangerous - SHAME ON YOU WALMART! Myspace Graphics