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Old 10-21-2023, 06:33 PM
 
Location: New York Area
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CVS has been a bit of a s**tshow as far as this round of Covid vax. Found out after I got to my appointment that my insurance wouldn't cover it (supposedly), so I paid $191 out of pocket. They updated my hard copy vax card on the spot, but didn't report it to the MA database. Anyway, I'm filing a claim with my insurance company right now and hope to get some portion of it reimbursed. Gonna stick to Walgreens next time.
Off topic but I switched all my business to an independent. CVS has been a sheet show for a while.
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Old 10-21-2023, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts & Hilton Head, SC
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Off topic but I switched all my business to an independent. CVS has been a sheet show for a while.
I think it depends on which one you go to. I stopped going to one of them because I dropped off a prescription refill last winter and a week later it still wasn't filled. The pharmacist was real snippy about it too.
I transferred all my prescriptions to a newer CVS nearer my house and things seem to work better there.
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Old 10-21-2023, 07:57 PM
 
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I've boycotted CVS for years, and heard enough bad stories about them as well. Walgreens is generally fine.
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Old 10-23-2023, 09:44 AM
 
Location: Western MA
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CVS has been a bit of a s**tshow as far as this round of Covid vax. Found out after I got to my appointment that my insurance wouldn't cover it (supposedly), so I paid $191 out of pocket. They updated my hard copy vax card on the spot, but didn't report it to the MA database. Anyway, I'm filing a claim with my insurance company right now and hope to get some portion of it reimbursed. Gonna stick to Walgreens next time.
That's interesting. I had mine at CVS about a week ago and they didn't even ask for my insurance.

I had the Covid booster and the flu shot at the same time and only had a sore arm afterwards.
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Old 10-23-2023, 11:41 AM
 
Location: New York Area
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I think it depends on which one you go to. I stopped going to one of them because I dropped off a prescription refill last winter and a week later it still wasn't filled. The pharmacist was real snippy about it too.
I transferred all my prescriptions to a newer CVS nearer my house and things seem to work better there.
I am aware and in fact when I wrote CVS at their headquarter I received a call from a "regional manager." She suggested I move my prescription to an older CVS down the street. I did not do so since that location has the appearance of being slated for closure. Also, when I go to the suggested location, I have to scream at the top of my lungs for assistance, in order to avoid shoplifting.

To me, supporting an independent business is better than using another doubtful location. I suspect CVS's financial condition is little better than Rite-Aid's.
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Old 11-13-2023, 10:58 AM
 
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https://twitter.com/DiedSuddenly_/st...rPIxPIISQ&s=19

8 year olds die all the time from cardiac arrest.
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Old 11-13-2023, 12:03 PM
 
Location: Georgia, USA
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https://twitter.com/DiedSuddenly_/st...rPIxPIISQ&s=19

8 year olds die all the time from cardiac arrest.
Not "all the time" but it does happen.

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1...54#d12178196e1
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Old 11-19-2023, 10:25 PM
 
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Not "all the time" but it does happen.

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1...54#d12178196e1
No it doesn't until recently. The fact is are kids are drugged up, bad food, bad medical...and problems that were never there 20 or more years ago are now common...and we keep drugging them.

Growing up in the 80's and 90's I didn't know anyone with all the issues kids have today, and yet supposedly our medical system is so great.
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Old 11-19-2023, 10:45 PM
 
Location: Georgia, USA
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No it doesn't until recently. The fact is are kids are drugged up, bad food, bad medical...and problems that were never there 20 or more years ago are now common...and we keep drugging them.

Growing up in the 80's and 90's I didn't know anyone with all the issues kids have today, and yet supposedly our medical system is so great.
In the 80s and 90s it did not make the news. Remember dial up internet access?
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Old 11-20-2023, 07:07 AM
 
Location: Woburn, MA / W. Hartford, CT
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No it doesn't until recently. The fact is are kids are drugged up, bad food, bad medical...and problems that were never there 20 or more years ago are now common...and we keep drugging them.

Growing up in the 80's and 90's I didn't know anyone with all the issues kids have today, and yet supposedly our medical system is so great.
Vaccinating our kids is not "drugging them up". You realize there are dozens of mandated vaccines as a requirement for enrollment in school, college, heck even summer camp? It's a big reason why measles or diphtheria outbreaks are so rare.
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