<p>Again, I think it’s GREAT when people can be hooked up with services already available, rather than re-inventing something, or diluting the efforts of doctors already trying to do the right thing. A one day clinic would not make make sense for me in my field, since identifying a problem and not fixing it would open me up to liability or abandonment. Since I am self-employed, I try to avoid this scenario. The usual medical problems, other than acute trauma, tend to chronic. A one time problem MIGHT be solved with education, but if a prescription is involved, insurance/paying for it, is again a problem. Even if doctors are willing to volunteer their time, they have to think about what their med mal would cover. If they are employed by some one else, their malpractice would not cover, unless the employer ( i.e. Kaiser) was involved as well.</p>
<p>I know organizations that do free,one day “screenings”</p>
<p>There was a multiple day free clinic in Inglewood at the Forum last year. Not sure who organized or volunteered. Might want to google that and see who coordinated. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a major medical or social services agency who helped underwrite it. </p>
<p>Agree with Shrinkrap about reinventing the wheel. Much easier to coordinate to tag onto an effort already in the works. Seems to me the logistics and insurance issues alone would be the most difficult steps to overcome in organizing a one day free clinic. </p>
<p>Certainly, the services are needed. Just the hows of doing it would be extraordinarily difficult.</p>
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<p>Keith’s clinics are unusually cost efficient. They actually run on the thermal energy generated by the physiological consequences of Keith’s bouts of extreme hatred. Scott Brown’s election night, for example, generated enough of this energy to power three of these clinics for a year.</p>
<p>Saugus,
Here is real advice. Become a Medical Doctor and open free clinic. Then you do need to solicit $$ from all of “hateful” and “stupid” ppl here. Another very important advice is to stop calling names, it will not get you anywhere. If you are in HS, and not in middle school, you should have learned it by now. It’s better later, then never, though.</p>
<p>Maybe if you donate to saugus for his clinic, your taxes won’t increase to pay for health care. If you donate at least you get a tax deduction because it is a NFP.</p>
<p>“Another very important advice is to stop calling names, it will not get you anywhere. If you are in HS, and not in middle school, you should have learned it by now. It’s better later, then never, though.”</p>
<p>Best advice I have heard in a long time. :)</p>