Walgreens: Free Medical Care for Jobless, Uninsured

Walgreens giving free care to jobless and uninsured

Payday loans are available for the uninsured who need to pay for a doctor’s visit on the fly. However, you shouldn’t always have to do that in order to receive basic care for minor ailments. For the remainder of 2009, that’s where Walgreens comes in. They’re a company that officially gets it right during this recession.

The Associated Press reports that the drugstore chain will continue to offer free clinic visits to the unemployed and uninsured for the rest of the year. Prescriptions will still have to be paid for, but tests and routine treatments for lesser ailments will be handled at walk-in clinics.

Save on basic health care when you are out of work

Walgreens has said those who lose their job and insurance after March 31, 2009 will be able to get free treatment at its in-store Take Care clinics. Respiratory problems, allergies, infections and skin conditions are among the conditions the clinics are equipped to handle. Treatments for conditions like these can cost upwards of $59 or more for patients without insurance, so this decision by Walgreens comes at the right time for thousands of people. Even spouses and children are eligible if they don’t have insurance of their own.

Walgreens currently runs 341 Take Care clinics in 35 markets around the country.  Chicago, Atlanta, Miami and Cleveland are just a few places that have the service. Operating hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Rather than providing free checkups or vaccinations, Take Care clinics provide the equivalent of urgent care or even ER service for those with minor conditions, according to the AP. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Walgreens: Free Medical Care for Jobless, Uninsured"

Gary Sheffield Released | Dollars and Sense

Nobody’s safe

If the current recession economy has taught us anything, it’s that no matter how strong a position you think you have, no job is completely safe when companies look to downsize. I think there are better ways to handle the situation than putting people who depend upon every penny of their job earnings to be able to put food on the table, but then again I didn’t graduate from executive genius school…

Apparently, even potential Hall of Famers are in danger of recession cutbacks. However, I’m sure Gary Sheffield has something put away and won’t need to depend upon cash advance loans. Tom Gage of The Detroit News reports that the Detroit Tigers are prepared to eat the $14 million salary they owe the power-hitting outfielder/designated hitter for 2009.

That’s a shocker, baseball fans

Reports indicate that Sheffield didn’t see this coming. He had recovered from a shoulder injury and was ready to have a productive season. His first home run of the year would have been his ticket into the elite 500-home run club, an achievement that generally guarantees a player’s induction into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. However, in the post-steroids era, that’s no guarantee (as Mark McGwire and Raphael Palmeiro well know). Sheffield hasn’t escaped steroid suspicion, so we’ll see how the sportswriters view him, post-career. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Gary Sheffield Released | Dollars and Sense"

Short Term Loans Could Help the Crumbling Auto Industry

Should the government bail out the auto industry?

In the middle of talk about government loans, the question may be whether short term loans would be a better solution to the crippling effects the current economic downturn is having on the automobile industry.

The President of the United States has requested the resignation of the current CEO of General Motors as part of some management changes that are part of the government's recovery plan for the auto industry. Whether this is because of suspicion of mismanagement or just a way to cut costs will probably not be known for months, if at all. However, there is no doubt something must be done quickly to save the auto industry from bankruptcy.

Short and long-term effects of a declining auto industry

When you look at the short-term picture in regards to the auto industry, it may not appear very bleak. So what if Chrysler and General Motors shut down—that still leaves Ford and the import market. However, it isn't as easy as that because the demand for cars will remain the same leaving the remainder of auto manufacturers to pick up all of the slack from the demise of two giants.

The world today relies on motor vehicles and the loss of two of the largest manufacturers would cause a more severe economic downturn than we are now suffering. Without the auto industry, raw goods would not be able to reach their destinations which in turn would push us back a couple centuries. Certainly that seems like a healthier choice but it is not one the country could endure quickly. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Short Term Loans Could Help the Crumbling Auto Industry"

The Obama Stimulus Plan and Payday Loans

Barack Obama: Introducing the New Stimulus Plan

The new stimulus plan that has been introduced by U.S President Barack Obama has become the subject of much debate, discussion and deliberation, especially in the context of its possible effects on the current system of payday loans.

What the Stimulus Plan Aims To Do

To combat the economic crisis by inducing future growth in a number of crucial sectors such as those of health and energy and also by insuring and/ or creating as many as three million jobs, the plan aims to improve the current state of the economy and augment profits in the future.

It is believed that if the stimulus plan is indeed able to achieve all of these aims, the positive effects will not be concentrated only in the United States but will possibly spread over to other parts of the world as well.

Working of the Stimulus Plan in the short term and long term

The hope of the stimulus plan is that it will improve the economy in two ways. One aims at boosting the economy of the country in the short term and the other is aimed at creating profits for the fiscal framework of the country in the long term period. For the short term increases, the plan is intended to work by the means of persuading both individual customers and organized firms to purchase and utilize goods and services available. The direct benefit of this method is to be seen in the form of an immediate increase in the levels of sales. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "The Obama Stimulus Plan and Payday Loans"

Fox Nation Inflicts TheFoxNation.com Upon Us (Pt. 1)

Feed the masses conflict pie

America’s economy is in a difficult place. We all know that the underlying system is in need of repair, but how we get there is far from universally agreed upon. President Obama’s stimulus plans amount to a giant cash advance to scores of failing industries, but many pundits agree that the long-term costs of this cash outpouring will bury future generations in debt. Liberals and conservatives will have material for years to come… and now there’s another annoying voice ready to scream at you.

Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post reports that Fox Nation is going to swing its “fair and balanced” stick at the fat fastballs the government and its arch nemesis - LIBERALS! - offer up. However, thefoxnation.com has a gopher ball of a slogan:

“It’s Time to Say NO to Biased Media and Say YES to Fair Play and Free Speech.”

Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck aren’t biased, are they?

“We felt that giving people a real destination to go and express themselves would give them a feeling of belonging,” said Fox Senior Vice President Joel Cheatwood. “People feel they’re dictated to a lot by the media.” And Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck never dictate… right? Apparently you’ve never paid attention to your own network, Mr. Cheatwood.

Because they must have a purpose, FoxNation.com has conceived of Fox Nation as its outlet to aggressively attack the Obama administration. I question the public relations aspect of this strategy. Rupert Murdoch’s charges spent eight years worshiping the G. W. Bush White House, which would have sent most into an irreversible spiral of public shame. But not plucky Fox Nation! The foamy-mouthed trinity of Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Mike Huckabee are ready to decry government with one pinky and point the rest of their fingers at any group whose value base differs from their own. They’ll even shout YOU down if you don’t CLICK HERE to continue reading this story… ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Fox Nation Inflicts TheFoxNation.com Upon Us (Pt. 1)"

ACORN, Self-Help, Inc., Obama | Friends in Low Places (1)

American axis

President Obama has spoken well of the virtues of public service. On the surface of things, it is admirable to sacrifice one’s time and resources to help others in need. However, with the continuing controversy of the HR 1388 “mandatory volunteerism” bill inflaming the public’s sense of what is right for our increasingly socialist government to demand, let us not forget the organizations that are openly brazen in their defiance of America’s laws and the Constitution. The Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and the Center For Responsible Lending (CRL) are two very visible organizations on the list.

Thanks to the efforts of activists like Anita MonCrief (also a former ACORN employee), the ACORN/CRL axis cannot hide their antics from the public eye entirely.  This is much worse than the CRL fabricating information against payday loans. ACORN, according to MonCrief, feels that denying the evidence stacked against them is enough of a defense. They’re wrong. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "ACORN, Self-Help, Inc., Obama | Friends in Low Places (1)"

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