A Rough Rollout

It looks like obtaining a COVID vaccine back in 2021 was easier and more efficient than this latest distribution.  You'd swear the government and the insurers had never heard of COVID before. Of course, Biden did say that COVID was over.

 From The Hill: 

"New COVID vaccine campaign off to a bumpy start."

"The launch of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines, the first campaign since the federal pandemic emergency ended, is off to a bumpy start. 

"Reports are piling up of insured Americans being stuck with the nearly $200 bill for shots, which were approved last week. The new vaccines are designed to protect against new strains of the coronavirus and are recommended for everyone older than 6 months. 

"While the Biden administration has scrambled to make the shots accessible to uninsured Americans, it’s unclear whether current supply will meet demand. 

"Anyone with health insurance — either through private insurers or federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid — should be able to receive the new COVID vaccines for free. 

"But that’s not always happening, according to news reports and complaints on social media. As CBS News reported, the vaccines have new billing codes, and insurers are still updating their plans to cover the shots."

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I'm still waiting for my independent pharmacy to receive its shipment, and I was already told the supply would be "limited".  

Good luck to those of us who have gladly taken every shot and who remain COVID-cautious to this day.