• markr@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Covid vaccines remain free to anyone with insurance, including Medicare. They are immediately available at just about any pharmacy. Access is not the problem.

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      9 months ago

      My sister’s insurance didn’t cover it. Which is wild, and I thought should be, but she fought it hard and that was the final answer. She had to go to a free vaccine event to get it because she couldn’t afford the several hundred dollars they wanted without insurance.

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        9 months ago

        yeah, despite this being legally required. This is the absolute shit of privatized health insurance in the US. These companies know they can just obfuscate, deny, and delay with impunity, and they do so.

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      9 months ago

      If it is not a problem how come last month they would not go forward without my insurance information and made a big stink about having problems confirming everything?

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        9 months ago

        because back in september the government transitioned from direct funding to an insurance mandate based system. So yes you have to provide your insurance information.