Mar 31 2009

Walgreens Offers Free Clinic Visits for Uninsured

If you lose your job (today or after) and have no health insurance, Walgreens’ Take Care health clinics are offering free visits for the rest of the year.

According to CNNMoney.com:

The offer, which comes more than a year into the recession that has included thousands of job cuts, only applies to adults who lose their jobs on or after March 31. Spouses, domestic partners and children also qualify if they do not have their own health insurance.

Quest Diagnostics Inc. is offering certain free laboratory tests, such as strep throat and urine cultures, as part of the “Take Care Recovery Plan” announced Tuesday.

To qualify for the free visits, individuals must prove they are receiving or will receive government unemployment benefits. The free services are being offered weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A typical visit to a Take Care clinic, which treats minor ailments, usually costs $59 or more for patients with no insurance.