I think the Walgreens idea is terrific. If all the big companies in America did something similar, it seems to me that would go a long way towards making working people healthier and reducing the cost of healthcare.

But there are two key words in my complimentary statement..."big companies" and "working people".

If the idea of company-sponsored healthcare became common, that would be great. But the number of people it would affect would be too small, I think. How many people these days work for companies that can afford such a program? Even if they do work for a large company, do they work in an office of sufficient size to justify an on-site medical professional? Then there's the question of "working people". What happens when the employee who has grown to trust and depend on the company program gets laid off, quits or retires? What do they do then?

Overall, I think what Walgreens is doing is wonderful. But it a supplementary program, not the total answer to healthcare for the wide range of working and non-working Americans.