Melton Truck Lines, a flatbed operator operating out of Oklahoma, has just opened up a health clinic across the street from its headquarters in Tulsa. The clinic isn’t just open to their office workers however, it’s open to all their employees, company drivers, owner-operators, and their families. And it provides health care for free.
The Melton clinic is being operated by an Arkansas-based company named IM Well Health that specializes in employer-based clinics that serve employees and their families. The clinics tend to be well staffed with doctors, nurses, and support staff.
While it’s great that drivers are being given free medical care when they are back at the terminal, OTR drivers who are out for weeks at a time may need medical attention when they’re out on the road. For drivers who have Melton’s employee health insurance, they will be able to receive free treatment at any other IM Well Health clinic location.
Does this signal the start of a larger trend to increase benefits and healthcare access for truck drivers?
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Source: landline
It’s about time….
Now lets see just how many drivers switch horses and make everyone provide it or lose drivers…
I’m guessing not many…If they did Melton would be rewarded by getting their pick of the best drivers…But in my experience the drivers will stay with the exploitive companies and just bitch and whine…
i must admit melton is doing a good job taking care of their driver good pay and now free medical care… now only if the rest of the industry can learn and apply..
Isn’t this just another HMO? I mean, I’m all for a company taking the initiative, but didn’t we find out that the HMO model doesn’t work as well as it should? Just my two cents.
Call me a pessimist, but how many of Melton’s drivers live within a 50 mile radius of corporate. I’d hazard to guess that it’s under 5%. I’ll bet this is a cheaper way to get around Obamacare mandates than anything else. If you live in GA, a free clinic in Tulsa doesn’t mean much.