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hlthe2b

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7. So most definitely NOT FREE.

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Reply #6)

Thu May 7, 2026, 12:01 PM

May 7

Please be careful how you couch this with your uninsured patients coming in. The distinction is really critically important. My patient's kids may not have eaten well because of the $130 charged to my patient that week, though I did send them to a good food pantry who hopefully did help.

Perhaps you don't realize but with the cuts to mediCAID, which did cover PART B for the poorest, many now have lost BOTH. So please don't assume all your patients with a Medicaid card HAVE PART B. Not all will right now.

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Re Covid booster, I want to thank everyone here... [View all] ananda May 7 OP

"Free?" I doubt it was "free," but rather no co-pay with insurance, right? hlthe2b May 7 #1

No, it's free. buzzycrumbhunger May 7 #2

Medicare Part B, you mean? Or C? Not A only. hlthe2b May 7 #3

Like I said, the distinctions are very important--not only to DUers here but I have had patients hlthe2b May 7 #4

Kroger Calico20 May 7 #8

Born and raised in Ohio. SidneyR May 7 #14

Yup Lemon Lyman May 7 #17

Yes, part B buzzycrumbhunger May 7 #6

So most definitely NOT FREE. hlthe2b May 7 #7

I have Medicare A & B ... I am NOT covered for Covid vax. rog May 7 #9

Buzzy. Will you please answer my two posts to you about this issue to clarify? thank you. hlthe2b May 7 #5

I don't know, here's why... ananda May 7 #18

The free part ended in 2024 for the uninsured. progressoid May 7 #10

I was thinking about the Covid booster just last week, but hadn't heard anything and CVS had/has not texted me Texin May 7 #11

I'm getting it today... Pluvious May 7 #13

They texted me last month, but I said upthread... ananda May 7 #19

Some info about this... Pluvious May 7 #12

Thank you. That explains it. ananda May 7 #20

It might be a good idea to call your pharmacy and get the information straight from them. Katinfl May 7 #15

My husband, daughter and I got the Moderna booster yesterday at Safeway! deurbano May 7 #16