Louve00
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But let me ask you something now, Angel. Do you think a business should be a good neighbor, being a benefit to the neighborhood that allows them to bring in the money they do...or do you think they should just go by numbers and make their determinations on that alone?
LouveOO,
Personally, i don't see how this decision on the part of Walgreens is HARMING the neighborhood they reside within. You seem to be implying they are HARMING people and these people won't be able to GET their medication. All this is doing is MOVING where people get their medication and i can guarantee it will still be within the "neighborhood." Also, the company is STILL providing services to all of its existing medicaid customers, so again, its not that they are HARMING, its they are simply shuffling people about to other places.
Your example by the way makes no sense to me. Walgreens isn't saying medicaid people can't shop in their store -- they are in fact still providing a service to existing customers. They are saying that they are not accepting NEW medicaid customers in their pharmacy. THAT is all.
You are right you can do whatever you wish, but i think its silly in my opinion to boycott a store because they simply inconvenience a few people and are actually giving business to OTHER stores. Which still benefits the neighborhood but not walgreens, necessarily. But i guess its just easier to demonize walgreens instead of seeing the overall picture because you know everything in this world is about and more fun to scream and shout about for drama in discrimination rather than simply a business decision for a company.
angel
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I regretted answering you when I saw your reply earlier to me because you act like a little nipping chihuahua if someone says something you don't like...coming back at them and back at them and back at them again. (yes, you must have read something I said and hit reply, which is why, earlier, I thought you chose to go over this with me)
After doing more than implying...after acknowledging you were right in your thinking about it being one state, you were still right, but I am still a consumer with rights too. However non-sensical you may think they are means nothing at all to me. Thats not because of any other reason than I, as a consumer, can spend my money how ever and where ever I want to. If I perceive a certain ethic I don't like about a business, again, I can choose to either spend or not with them.
It doesn't mean because "I" feel that way, that I want you or anyone else to, either.
And I'm sorry if you think its silly, don't understand it, don't want to understand it, or what, but the last time I checked, thats what boycotting's all about....not giving your business to something or someone...or a COMPANY...for a reason you, as a consumer, feel is worthy.
I may not be a medicaid patient, but as you pointed out, even a person under a certain type of insurance may not be eligible for a Dr, or (I guess) a pharmacy. I know one of my husbands Dr's doesn't take Humana. I wouldn't boycott that Dr , because that Dr gave me a reason I thought was plausible to me and he helped save my husbands life, so for that alone, I'm biased. And in truth, after listening to everyone's arguments about things my mind may have changed (but I'm not about to say whether I have or I haven't).
Bottom line is, its not up to you to decide where people spend thier money, nor is it up to you if their decisions are right or wrong. Sure you can give an opinion on it. But honestly, giving post after post of opinions, when I've stopped responding after my initial post, feels like I'm being nipped by a little yapping chihuahua.
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Angel...shut the fuck up, will you?? Go nip someone else, I'm through messing with it
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