[Magdalen] Feeling flu-ey. I'm sure it's a passing phase.

Lynn Ronkainen houstonklr at gmail.com
Wed Dec 31 06:45:28 UTC 2014


yeah... who knew I'd be counting the days, nay, years until the big 65... 
just for the insurance.

Lynn, self insured in the big TX

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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From: "Joseph Cirou" <romanos at mindspring.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 12:43 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Feeling flu-ey. I'm sure it's a passing phase.

> I just got the shingles shot for free with my Kaiser Permanente program. I
> had the flu shot and the pneumonia shot and have been feeling as if
> something like a chest infection had invaded my body. it is easy to get a
> free flu shot around here
> I think being over 65 helps with the free pneumonia and shingles shots
>
> Joe Cirou;
>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Susan Hutchinson 
> <shutchinsonca at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 2014-12-29, at 4:33 PM, ME Michaud wrote:
>>
>> > If they costed it out properly, health insurers and employers ought to
>> > do this at no charge. It saves them a ton of money in healthcare costs
>> > and/or sick time.
>>
>> Here in BC (and I believe most, if not all, of Canada) flu shots are 
>> free.
>> I just give my health number to the pharmacy, or make an appointment with
>> my primary doc. The same is also true for people under 25 and the hpv 
>> shot.
>> Unfortunately, I need extra insurance to cover the shingles vaccine, and 
>> it
>> is not cheap (around $250).
>>
>> Health care workers in BC are also required by law to have the flu 
>> vaccine
>> every year unless they have a doc note. Many employers provide a clinic 
>> for
>> employees.
>>
>> I have one every year. Two chronic diseases (and maybe a third), and work
>> with vulnerable populations make a powerful argument for getting it asap.
>>
>> This year's version did not provide complete protection. I got the flu
>> anyway, but I got over it within a few weeks and without a major chest
>> infection (not unusual for me).
>>
>>
>> Susan Hutchinson
>> shutchinsonca at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> 


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