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" We we've we've we've talked about what they were kept opening up and what you know work you work. Thousand patients."

" Yacht and apparently CBS is opening may be tool a month. In the state of Massachusetts."

" Right gets -- stayed open right now they have plants open. Twelve or in Massachusetts before the end of the year and -- had these Walgreens. Other similar clinics that are still -- pending -- they have as many of seventeen on the drawing boards so there's a lot more of these things comic."

" There was a good joke from one of the doctors in the stories who was upset over the CVS clinics because he felt they were over prescribing antibiotics. They don't like somebody else being in the business of anti virus for over prescribing antibiotics."

" Music has a real issue about drugstores. Offering medical advice that ends up with more drugs but. You know I don't think that there's been any particular evidence of that but the real problem so."

" There's definitely potential conflict of issues conflict of interest issues but not necessarily worse than the ones exit that exist between the doctors and the drug companies. "

" That this single best this sort of statistical -- it in this story is that as I mentioned there about 10000 patient visits so for the they have taken place to these things. And the number of actual complaint that it had been referred to a pixels -- what is coming from a hospital if that total 11 complaint data and thousands. That does."

" That's pretty impressed. Yeah I was gonna say they are route to a very very good status number I am intrigued you know at a time Steve when we usually -- talking about. How grim everything is in the economy people closing down stores and operations. These folks are opening up who of these clinics. A -- I also love the quote Liz. This put in their from a diskette Tom -- Message you quote Massachusetts does have some serious access problems in terms of physician availability. So it doesn't surprise him that people using the clinics -- and this city have a bladder infection on Friday he and are going to suffer all weekend long until Monday if we have a nurse practitioner hosting it on the street. I've never understood why there was in this kind of access to health care on a storefront basis in this seems like its halls of a problem plus where it period of time where this current increase access to health care. And there are more doctors to pick up the there's a lack hello --"

" lately we've talked about it in terms that the cost issue. Health care for everybody and it and how behavioral issues in terms of going to the yard and and do not changing the pattern that was so expensive. Hadn't been taking place so far in the it'd be innocent citizens obviously the cure all for everything but it says. According obvious step in the right direction."

" What are they gonna do during the offseason though when. But most of their business comes review -- colds and flu colds flu or strep throat what they do to deal with the summer months and keep the clinics viable."

" All in a lot of places they closed them down if you want to -- it's not like got a hospital with a New York that has a big infrastructure that you have to support all year. You know business goes down a lot they shut it down for a few months it's. You know it's it's you know of the area the store."

" Yeah but it would seem like it would make sense to give them the authority of the power to treat more things. So they could keep them going because is a wonderful resource for the state to thank."

" As well I don't know exactly what you're talking about in terms of of how many new and additional things and that they're but it equipped and qualified."

" Don't -- a -- plastic surgery. A pop pop pop pop pop pop pop you know I read the article was Steve that -- and nationally so let's move go away from Massachusetts just Ramallah. Nationally visits to these minute clinics so called. Have more than double more than doubled since last year so there obviously is consume a comfort consumer convenience. That's being met Serbia."

" Absolutely you know I I don't you know when you have a brand -- state like Massachusetts and you have thousands of people coming into -- obviously that's that jacked up your your growth rate where you weren't there before but overall I think that the acceptance and growth businesses. It is pretty dramatic and you know and given that the circumstances in the environment that we're and I don't see any reason why it isn't going to continue to grow. For you know the foreseeable future it's certainly going to go that way here in messages."

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" I I have not now not. Europe in years ago there used to be kind of store -- that weren't in them CVS Serbs pharmacy. But we just called docks and barks you know it you'd go there and don't I don't know what -- some minor. Issue and it really didn't last and -- the truth because so far back I don't really remember why it failed but. It struck me then it as a perfectly plausible as useful thing."

" You know I I don't very often get impress search site in about something that President Obama does but. He's he's made an early emphasis of his health care thing getting more money out to clinics. And it it seems to me this is a an area that's been. Under focused on the week we've been here for years about our emergency rooms are big cost senator. And a big problem for the -- for the medical system to deal with transient people or poor or the poor people coming in for their primary care physician and an emergency room. This seems like awaited take a lot of pressure off."

" It you know it's interesting here masters Indian minister in the -- there's a map. With a story that. Georgia where there are stores and where there are plans stores and basically it's a ring around Boston and most notably not inside Boston in the mayor has remained. Generally an opponent of these things."

" You know I was gonna say the map is a very interesting one those that are already established those -- an additional clinics up plan. Then this is certainly a Greater Boston. Phenomenon you've got to you know the -- northwest and northwest and south pretty well covered so it is there's no excuse for somebody who would want to try it out. No question about that -- isn't the -- holds out on this I mean you and I know about the community health centers and I think that's what probably president Obama's talking about when he talks of clinics I don't think he has CVS in mind. But how -- that the -- holds out. You know against what seems to be again consumer driven."

" Well I don't I don't on the politics of holding out effort to protecting the community health says it's. You're probably have a better idea than I do little one thing I can tell you is you know it's five of them opened in in. The city of Boston -- have plenty of business tomorrow."

" Steve sire thank you very much -- here for me again we'll talk to tomorrow expletive -- fire from the Boston Globe business section yup and that today's edition of the Boston Globe business section with Steve's site has been brought to buy Pepperidge -- should check out and be aware of new Pepperidge farm vitality breads net that."