The latest update on how to get the respiratory viruses vaccines is updated on the CDC website. Highlights:
- “f you have insurance, these vaccines should be free to you in most cases.
- Adults without health insurance or adults whose insurance doesn’t cover all COVID-19 vaccine costs can get an updated COVID-19 vaccine for free through the Bridge Access Program.
- Most children can get recommended vaccines for free through their family’s insurance or the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program.
- How COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed changed in September 2023 when these products moved to the commercial market, but there is still plenty of vaccine supply.
- Flu, COVID-19, and RSV vaccines may be given at the same visit.”
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In Minnesota, the only immunization you can get for free at your primary care docs office is the flu. The RSV and COVID need to be through retail pharmacies. I don’t know if that is just for Medicare patients like me or everybody. I don’t get charged at the pharmacy, but I have been billed for one immunization that they tell me should have been administered at a pharmacy. These rules make no sense to me.
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Medicare covers our immunizations. I can’t recall ever being billed. We get them at the pharmacy. In Iowa, you have to get a physician’s prescription to get the RSV vaccine.
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