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these local charity clinics(where they are useful at least) are very rare. In small towns and rural areas they are unheard of, and in the medium sized cities(I've been in several) they are sporadically there but certainly don't provide any sort of "actual physical exam" and bloodwork to go with it.
I've never lived in a big city so I can't comment on the availability there.
But if he went to a pcp and had the routine workup every new patient gets(cbc, lipid panel, cmp, etc) and an office visit....even just that after the labs and everything would be 400 dollars+(probably a lot more).....thats not even counting what it would cost to fill the scripts.
He's coming out *WAY* ahead now by buying for $2/pill. Note that Im not saying this is the best medical care for him(I have no idea), but his options are very limited by his lack of access.
Glad to see familiar posters under different user names.