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The thought came to me this morning as I was hitting the local Starbucks: Why couldn’t local retail health care be this easy and this prolific? The inventory of products is limited but the need for them is widespread. You walk in at your convenience, get your needs met and leave. And the hours are meant to make the product available almost 24 hours a day. I know, I know there are retail clinics popping up in malls and pharmacies. Yes all to the good. But, I want these franchises, like Starbucks, on street corners, in book stores, at train and subway stops, kiss n’ride parking lots, highway rest areas, next to local bars, in sports stadiums, at beach stands – you name it – where people spend their time and can be lured to make impulsive decisions that benefit their health rather than destroy it. Between every Starbucks and Jamba Juice would stand a local med-check station.
Just call me a health care populist.
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