From MickeyNews.com:
[INDENT]Disney announced plans Wednesday to build a $6 million health facility on its property for the use of its cast members and their dependents who participate in the company's health plans.
The 15,000-square-foot facility will give cast members access to primary care doctors and other medical professionals, as well as a pharmacy, lab, basic radiology and wellness and behavioral health resources.
The facility will open in 2009 and will be operated by a health management company to be chosen in the coming months.
The new health center will provide:
* Longer-than-average visits with health care professionals
* Convenience through extended operating hours, weekend availability and its close proximity to work-coordinated treatment
More than 40,000 Walt Disney World cast members and dependents are currently eligible for benefits. [/INDENT]
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And now the "Mickey Mouse doctor" jokes begin...
what about it CM's, is that going to be a good deal?
what about it CM's, is that going to be a good deal?
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Maybe they will build a monorail directly to it from DCA!!!Polar33 wrote:Oh great...it was bad enough when Cast Health was moved from CFA to Harbor Pointe...now I have to fly to Florida?
Hmm...maybe that's not a bad thing after all. :D:
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The insurance premiums must have jumped up enough that Disney sees an opportunity.
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Or maybe they're being forced to pay out so much for employees' coverage that it'll be cheaper for them to do the health care end themselves...hobie16 wrote:The insurance premiums must have jumped up enough that Disney sees an opportunity.
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I'm waiting for the first woman to visit her OB/GYN and discover the doc wears Mickey ears during the exam and uses a Donald Duck speculum. Quaaaaaack!!
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I think the last thing any man wants to see is a scary guy in a mask doing those things to our favorite special happy place.GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:Okay people, Hobie wants videos!!!
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I wasn't thinking of THAT, more along the lines of paitent interviews with a doctor in costume!! which, I wonder, if they will design a "special" kind of Mickey Scrubs for them?Kwahati wrote:I think the last thing any man wants to see is a scary guy in a mask doing those things to our favorite special happy place.
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hobie16 wrote:The insurance premiums must have jumped up enough that Disney sees an opportunity.
The city I work for has done this for years, and it's been a tremendous benefit. I and any of my dependents can see a doctor at the employee clinic by appointment with no out-of-pocket, no copay. Even better, on M-F from 7-8:30 they are open to employees (only) with no appointment necessary. They don't handle emergencies, of course, but they will do routine physicals. I've used them many times, and I know it's saving the City $$$ (otherwise it would have been shut down years ago!).Kwahati wrote:Or maybe they're being forced to pay out so much for employees' coverage that it'll be cheaper for them to do the health care end themselves...
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