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For people without insurance, updated Covid-19 shots are no longer free of charge at pharmacies
cnn ^ | 09/05/2024 | Jacqueline Howard, CNN

Posted on 09/05/2024 12:35:08 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

CNN — The rollout of updated Covid-19 vaccines has begun in the United States, but for the first time, the shots will no longer be free of charge for people without insurance at their local pharmacy.

Earlier in the pandemic, vaccines were purchased by the federal government and free for everyone. Last year, as the shots transitioned to the commercial market, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Bridge Access Program provided free Covid-19 vaccines to adults without insurance and those whose insurance didn’t cover all vaccine costs. The program ended last month due to lack of federal funding.

“This means that purely uninsured people do not have access to get free Covid shots and so if they went to their pharmacy to try to get one, they’d come with a cost,” said Lori Freeman, chief executive officer for the National Association of County and City Health Officials. About 26 million people in the United States are uninsured.

“We know that cost, at this moment in time with the economy, is even more of a burden than ever,” Freeman said.

Most people with private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid will still be able to get vaccinated at no out-of-pocket cost, but for adults without insurance or those whose insurance does not cover the vaccine, getting the updated shot at a pharmacy could cost $201.99.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: covid; insurance; people; shots
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To: ridesthemiles

I have worked in healthcare for decades, and I saw a lot of bad cases of shingles in that time, but when I saw my mother get shingles about a month before she died, I determined I would risk that shot.

It was absolutely horrible. It covered her neck, shoulder, and a third of her back. It weeped constantly, and her condition was miserable to dire.

We got her into a short term rehab because we could’t care for it adequately, and they said it was the worst case they had ever seen. It was certainly the worst I had ever seen.

Just horrible. I would pay the money even if insurance didn’t cover it, and it was twice as much, if it even had a chance of preventing that.


21 posted on 09/05/2024 1:54:46 PM PDT by rlmorel (J.D. Vance and The Legend of The MaMaw of The 19 Loaded Guns!)
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To: SaxxonWoods

That hasn’t been my experience in life. People with no insurance rarely do anything proactively for their health.


22 posted on 09/05/2024 2:09:53 PM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happ)
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To: ridesthemiles

You need a new plan. Almost all plans cover the shot for those over 50.


23 posted on 09/05/2024 2:11:47 PM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happ)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Can I give all the shots I never took to Kamunism? Jabbed in the neck all at the same time. For skank “health”.


24 posted on 09/05/2024 2:17:34 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

DEMAND is ZERO!

They can price it wherever they want.


25 posted on 09/05/2024 2:49:05 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m sure the cost of a few bucks will not stop you if you are bent on suicide.


26 posted on 09/05/2024 2:54:10 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy.)
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To: All

Strangely, I don’t care if they charge a million bucks a shot.


27 posted on 09/05/2024 4:06:12 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: SaxxonWoods

I thought it was illegal not to have health insurance once Obamacare was passed?


28 posted on 09/05/2024 4:08:55 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

FTA: “For people without insurance, updated Covid-19 shots are no longer free of charge at pharmacies”

A lot of lives will be saved because of this.
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I hope this can be the solution for those deadly vaccines.

Major Study Discovers ‘Off Switch’ for Covid mRNA Shots
https://slaynews.com/news/major-study-discovers-off-switch-covid-mrna-shots/

McCullough and his team presented a novel approach using small interfering messenger RNA (siRNA) and ribonuclease targeting chimeras (RIBOTACs) to bind and deactivate the mRNA from these vaccines.

The process allows the body to clear out the mRNA from the injections.
“We use these small interfering RNAs already in practice,” McCullough stated.
“There’s one called Patisiran, the other one, Inclisiran.
“I use them in my practice.

“They only last in the body a few days.
“They bind up messenger RNA to inactivate it.”


29 posted on 09/05/2024 4:15:45 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Let’s seize Chinese farm assets and use the money to give questionable shots to the poor!


30 posted on 09/05/2024 5:13:04 PM PDT by 50sDad (A Liberal prevents me from telling you anything here)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I was at dinner tonight with three colleagues. One mentioned that he was fixing to get the latest shot like a good sheep.

He got no response from any of us. At least two of us are pure bloods. No idea about the third.


31 posted on 09/05/2024 5:39:07 PM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: 21twelve

I hate to shock you but a lot of people do illegal things as a way of life.


32 posted on 09/05/2024 10:51:13 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The world is driven by envy, not greed.)
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