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Move Over Redbox..? Vending Machine for Prescription Drugs...
cbs47 ^ | 9-14-11 | cakid1

Posted on 09/14/2011 9:42:27 PM PDT by cakid1

In Chicago they now have a 24-hour vending machine for prescription drugs.

"Doctors enter prescription details electronically so the machine can determine patients' insurance information including co-pays. Patients can use a debit or credit card to make their purchases."

The service is called InstyMeds and it's for emergency room patients at MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island.


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Rent a movie.. Pick up your drugs..
1 posted on 09/14/2011 9:42:33 PM PDT by cakid1
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To: cakid1

Can i haz illegal non-prescription drugs?


2 posted on 09/14/2011 9:43:57 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: cakid1

What could possibly go wrong...


3 posted on 09/14/2011 10:11:42 PM PDT by bgill (There, happy now?)
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To: cakid1

Are they going to posted armed guards?


4 posted on 09/15/2011 12:20:02 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: freekitty

Just how long will it take for these vending machines to be broken into/stolen/hauled away by a truck with a chain? My guess is 1-2 hours tops.


5 posted on 09/15/2011 12:23:41 AM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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I give it less time.


6 posted on 09/15/2011 1:55:52 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: bgill

“What could possibly go wrong...”

More importantly, who will customers scream at when they have to actually pay for their drugs? “But, But..My co-pay is only 50 cents!”


7 posted on 09/15/2011 2:06:04 AM PDT by Artie
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To: cakid1

If you have an IV kit, they also offer streaming.


8 posted on 09/15/2011 2:07:37 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (I can only be series in a parallel universe.)
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To: cakid1

We have had these machines in Tallahassee for a few years..


9 posted on 09/15/2011 5:34:53 AM PDT by goseminoles
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