It Pays to Tell the Truth

[Gonz]

Nope. The H1N1 shot has been regulated

 

[spike]

Medicare will pay for both a single dose of the seasonal flu vaccine and its administration and for one or more administrations of the H1N1 vaccine (but, not the H1N1 vaccine itself if it is supplied to providers free of charge). Payment will be subject to normal billing and payment rules that apply to influenza vaccine.

http://questions.medicare.gov/cgi-b...aqid=2196&p_created=1251821735&p_sp=undefined

 

[ResearchMonkey]

Nope. The H1N1 shot has been regulated

...........nearer my God to thee.

Yuppers, them old folk don't matter as much anyway.

A peek into the future of health care, death panels.

 

[spike]

Future? Private insurance has them now.

I appreciate your attempt at fear mongering though.

“Death panels” are already a reality in California, according to the state’s nurses union, which argues that insurance companies are routinely rejecting medical care for patients, leading to unnecessary suffering and in some cases death.

A review of data filed by insurers with the California Department of Managed Care showed more than one out of five requests for medical services—including those recommended by a patient’s physician—were rejected by the state’s largest private insurers, according to the California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC). From 2002 through June 30, 2009, insurers rejected 47.7 million claims for care, or 22% of all claims.

During the first six months of 2009, insurance companies in California rejected claims at the following rates: PacifiCare (39.6%); Cigna (32.7%); HealthNet (30%); Kaiser Permanente (28.3%); Blue Cross (27.9%); and Aetna (6.4%).

http://www.allgov.com/ViewNews/Private_Insurance_Death_Panels_90905

 

[Gonz]

Let me ask this...

If we end up with some wonderful new governmetn controlled healthcare, why do we still need Medicare?