Missed it by a week

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toad
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Missed it by a week

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I finally got around to getting a flu shot and decided it was also past time to get vaccinated for pneumonia . Medicare paid for the flu shot so I wasn't out of any cash, which was nice since this is a tight month for me. Then the bad news hit. It seems that about a week before I went in for my shots at the Sam's pharmacy, Medicare decided they would only pay for one flu shot per year, unfortunately it takes two shots for complete immunization. One for 23 strains and one for 13 strains, for some reason the 13 strain shot is the more expensive, $75. I went ahead and got the one for the 23 strain on the advice of the druggist. I've got to make up my mind if I want to pay cash next month or wait till January, 2015. By then I'll be on a PPO and they pay for the complete flu shot series.
I really want to stay out of the emergency rooms here in Dallas until the Ebola scare is over. I'm not so worried about Ebola but the other viruses that might pop up with this open immigration policy.
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