"Free" antibiotics

August 12, 2007

There’s always a catch.



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{ 2 comments }

1 The Independent Urologist August 12, 2007 at 3:05 pm

Loss leader. An oldy but a goody.

2 David August 12, 2007 at 4:36 pm

i’m as skeptical of corporate america as the next guy, but is there really a problem with providing free antibiotics?

i mean, so what if they fill more lipitor scrips? and so what if they’re not losing a ton of money? Five bucks means a lot more to a single mom with a sick kid than it does to publix.

wouldn’t you want to give your business to someone who’s actually doing something good for a poor mom with a kid with an ear infection?

and no, i don’t shill for publix.

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