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Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies

kkleiner writes "With the cost of healthcare services increasing, it's welcome news that a recent deal between Walgreens and Theranos will bring rapid, accurate, low-cost blood testing to the local pharmacy. A pinprick of blood from a finger is enough to run any number of a la carte diagnostic tests with results in four hours or less. The automation of blood testing in one convenient machine may mean that the demand for clinical technicians may decline, but the benefits of making blood analysis more accessible to everyone is enormous."

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  1. Obama official again lowers bar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/19/obama-official-again-lowers-bar-on-deadline-to-fix-website-saying-will-be/

    "The Obama administration is lowering the bar again on the problem-plagued ObamaCare website, saying that it will be “greatly improved” by month’s end -- not fixed.

    “The consumer experience will be greatly improved for the vast majority of users by November 30,” Henry Chao, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ deputy chief information officer, will tell House investigators on Tuesday, according to written testimony obtained by Fox News.

    Chao’s testimony, 11 days before the fix deadline, appears to be the most recent case of the administration attempting to lower expectations, or at least prepare Americans for more problems when attempting to enter the site to purchase insurance policies that begin coverage January 1."

    These rocket fucking scientists can't even build a website to spec, and you all are just A-OK with turning over all our healthcare decisions to them. Healthcare decisions that will affect us, our parents, our children, our lives.

    We would be better off just fucking ignoring the whole doctor and science thing and just drinking Brawndo and HOPEing for the best.

    You extremist Democrats have fucked us beyond belief.

  2. Re:How much will it cost? by CubicleZombie · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's right. "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan."

    Lol.

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    :wq