I went round and round with my reps since the costs are so prohibitive. We were barely able to break even on maternity services because the services had been bid down to the point that they were almost loss leaders. To add in the fees for Hep-B would have pushed us over the edge.
Is is also interesting to note that some services are given gratus by the hospitals. The state gives some funding for indigents, but not as much as truly needed.
The premise was that children would get those shots when they got their others. The state may in fact have a service that provides these to indigent mothers, I'm just not aware of such programs.
I will say that many infants have been given the Hep-B series. I am not aware of a single bad reaction, but there may be figures out there that reveal otherwise.
Hepatis is a problem these days. Should the infant contract it, his parent would fee very bad that they did not take measures to prevent it. On the other hand, a bad reacion would make the parent feel bad too. It's a decisions all parents must make these days.
I had to make similar decisions when my kids needed DPT and other innoculations. We opted for them. We had no problems and our kids were spared some rough times for having done so.
Kids who attend school will sooner or later catch just about everything. Hep-B may or may not be a logical item to include with this statement. Others could tell you.