(Mis)adventures in vaccination, bureaucracy-in-inaction edition

[edschweppe]

Once the news formally broke that the FDA and CDC had signed off on the latest COVID vaccines, I signed myself up for a booster at my more-or-less-local CVS. The appointment was early this evening, so I hied myself down at the appropriate time and presented myself at the vaccine check-in counter - only to be told that my health insurance wasn't covering the shot, and would I like to spend almost two hundred bucks out of pocket instead? According to the pharmacy tech, the insurers have yet to update their coverage files for the new vaccine. Left unexplained (because the tech had no information) was how CVS' online vaccination scheduling tool, which supposedly specifically checked my insurance status as part of the signup process, let me make the appointment in the first place.

Mumble, grumble, and whiskey tango foxtrot? I'll likely call the insurer on Monday and see if I can get an answer; I have a cynical suspicion, though, that much pointing of fingers and blaming someone else will ensue.

Anyway, I did not get vaccinated today. Which annoys me no end.