The H1N1 vaccine is free, right? Not exactly

The only reason they don't go to their PCP is because by the time they fit them in their schedule flu season is already over!!! That's why they go to Texas MedClinic, or any other location that may offer the vaccine IDIOT!

So if I get this right - $19 x 35,000 = $665,000 Do they honeslty expect anyone to believe it is going to cost them that much to do the paperwork? I bet they don't hire a single extra person to handle the workload.

I'm with you jacquelyn82, our children today are far more sickly than in old days. One thing is kids don't get out and play and get dirty and breath in all of the natural things that build up healthy imune systems. I have 3 granddaughters, two are very healthy, one is at the doctors at least 1 to 2 times a month being treated for colds and fever with antibiotics. Keep trying to tell her Mother to let her imune system work itself and build up and get her off antibiotics. But, most doctors won't tell them that, just another permanent patient for years to come. I raised three boys and cannot think of a time I took them to the Doctor even for a cold. But, they were not allowed to sit in the house all day. They went outside and played. The medical industry doesn't want healthy people, or they'll loose out on a lot of $$$$. Remember driving down a street and having to look out for children playing, now it's look out if a stray animal runs out in front of you. Kids are nowhere to be found playing outdoors these days. Opps, unless at school where they have no choice but to get outside!!

It says "...administrative work the government and the state require for the H1N1 vaccine. Providers also have to supply information to the CDC about every single patient who received the vaccine." Hmmm. Do they require all that paperwork for the regular flu vaccine? Why are they requiring it for the H1N1? Sounds more like trying to keep up with the guinea pig experiment than anything else!

I think this all been blown out of proportion. We all keep getting the vaccines, how in the heck is our body ever going to be able to fight things naturally. My son is 2 and will not receive either flu vaccine. If i had a choice, he would never receive a single vaccine. Just another example of the government controlling the population.

If these "poor" families would cut out the beer, booze, cigarettes, nightclubs, bars, junk food etc then they might be able to afford the H1N1 flu vaccine!

I think it is all relative. Plan to spend several hours at a free clinic or minutes and pay a fee. And yes the govt paid for all the vaccine and supplies. What they haven't paid for is the licensed personnel to GIVE these shots. So these nurses and administrative assistants should work for free?

Nothing is free in life. You pay it some way or another.

No other clinic I have spoken to charges the "administrative fee." For those who do not have insurance, the health department and schools will provide the innoculation for free. For those that do have coverage, there is no reason to go to the Texas Med Clinic, but go see your own family physician and your insurance will cover the shots. This reporter as well as the Texas Med Clinic are only trying to generate more fear and panic among the public. Also what the Doctors are not telling you is that if you have had the flu, and recovered, you have already built up your immunity and do not need the shots this year.

get it