Flu shots going to medicaid first?

CasterTroy · 10-08-2009, 04:56 PM

One of the other engineers in the office had his wife take their 10 yr old to 2 different pharmacies’ today to have their daughter get the flu shot.

Both pharmacies’s asked her if she had insurance. Her answer was YES…then they responded that she had to wait 2 weeks. That they were only giving them to those without insurance and on Medicaid first. Then, if there was enough after that, then she would be able to get their daughter immunized with the shot.

WTH?!?!

Any one else run into that?

Granted….he lives in a more rural county than I do…but damn!

10-08-2009, 04:56 PM	#1
CasterTroy ................ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,028	Flu shots going to medicaid first? One of the other engineers in the office had his wife take their 10 yr old to 2 different pharmacies’ today to have their daughter get the flu shot. Both pharmacies’s asked her if she had insurance. Her answer was YES…then they responded that she had to wait 2 weeks. That they were only giving them to those without insurance and on Medicaid first. Then, if there was enough after that, then she would be able to get their daughter immunized with the shot. WTH?!?! Any one else run into that? Granted….he lives in a more rural county than I do…but damn! __________________ “Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.” Viktor Frankl Last edited by CasterTroy; 10-08-2009 at 05:01 PM..