$50 Flu Vaccine …

That is just shitty. You pay more than full retail by using your PPO. This underlines the national scam that is our healthcare situation.

$50 bucks is 50 bucks. (I know, but…. “up here in Canada”) the flu shot is free to everybody. With the amount of flu shots manufactured and purchased globally each year, I bet each dose ends up only costing about $1.25 to produce.

All the healthcare lobbyists influence our legislator’s decisions on a rewards strategy. It’s been this way for a long time. They give citizens the big lead weenie and operate on the profits/rewards strategy.

Yes, it’s time to demand Medicare for All and debt forgiveness for those needing it.

Hell, no... I'm not giving up...

But that’s Medicare, you know, that socialized medicine thing that nobody wants.

and in July (in the middle of this effing pandemic) I had to get a Tdap vaccine (whooping cough, diphtheria, and tetanus for preteens, teens, and adults) because my grand baby was due in August. Supposedly, seniors are silent carriers of pertussis and can unknowingly spread it to vulnerable newborns.
I went to my Osco drug store for the vaccine, thinking it was covered by Medicare  Plan D because IT WAS <b>SUGGESTED</b> BY MY DIL’S DOCTOR. It wasn’t covered and cost $65 at Osco’s.

BIG PHARMA IS UNETHICAL and greedy. PERIOD

40%-60% effective in reducing the risk, 29% effective in 2018-2019, the vaccine is changed to try and hit changing flu viruses, and the only large-scale testing I can see is just giving a bunch of seniors flu shots and seeing what happens.  Immunity from side effects, and looks to me like a huge guaranteed money-maker.  I have never had the flu.  This is not a one size fits all thing.