Politics: Doc in a box and community health clinics as part of health reform?

Had mentioned previously the notion of "doc in a box" as part of dealing with reforming health care.

Was listening to an interview with Clayton M. Christensen, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School who wrote the book Innovators Prescription. He mentioned the innovation of Take Care Clinic of Walgreens and Minute Clinic of CVS.

If this were to become a bigger part of our health care delivery system, would we make a bigger dent in the uninsured problem?

Would it help reduce some costs?

Also interviewed by Hugh Hewitt was Children’s Health Fund founder, pediatrician, Dr. Irwin Redlener.

He too supported a greater role for nurse practitioners and physicians assistants.

Additionally, he stressed a team concept with these mid-level health care personnel with doctors which can often be found at community health clinics.

Hewitt asked, might we get more bang for the buck by committing $100 billion to community health clinics versus $1000 billion in the current ideas floating up on Capitol Hill?

Redlener thought it was a definite possibility.