Naturopathic Doctor Offers 10 Percent Discount for Swine Flu Patients

A local naturopathic doctor, taking advice from Rahm "Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste" Emanuel, announced today she'll give swine flu patients a 10 percent discount.In an e-mail to news media around the Valley, including New Times, Heather Wdowin of Ambrosia Medical in Scottsdale writes that she's "offering...

By Ray Stern

April 29, 2009

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A local naturopathic doctor, taking advice from Rahm "Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste" Emanuel, announced today she'll give swine flu patients a 10 percent discount.

In an e-mail to news media around the Valley, including New Times, Heather Wdowin of Ambrosia Medical in Scottsdale writes that she's "offering 10% off medical services to effectively prevent and treat the Swine Flu." The doc isn't licensed with the state as an MD or osteopath, but she does have a naturopathic license.

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Ray Stern is the former news editor of Phoenix New Times. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He's won numerous awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club's Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.