I think today’s FDA committee ruling recommending limiting boosters to >65 is ridiculous but that’s a debate for perhaps another sub. I’m fully vaxxed as of March (Pfizer), healthy, but 64. I want a booster, but it’s not just self-interest.
I’m a direct and primary caregiver for someone with severe lung disease. He wears an infusion pump and I dress his site several times a week and care for him in other ways. I simply cannot get COVID because it threatens his life. He can get a booster now but according to the FDA, I can’t.
So I see people online recommending going “off-label” if you’re not technically eligible: just walk in to a CVS or whatever, lie about having an underlying condition like asthma, and get the vaxx.
I’m a rule follower and wouldn’t feel great about doing that but I also am trying to protect a life. My question: What would my insurance company think about this? I assume the pharmacy would submit the charge and insurance wouldn’t cover it since I wasn’t eligible? That doesn’t really bother me but would I be actually penalized by the insurance company for some reason? What generally happens in a case like this?
Thanks.
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I think today’s FDA committee ruling recommending limiting boosters to >65 is ridiculous but that’s a debate for perhaps another sub. I’m fully vaxxed as of March (Pfizer), healthy, but 64. I want a booster, but it’s not just self-interest. I’m a direct and primary caregiver for someone with severe lung disease. He wears an infusion pump and I dress his site several times a week and care for him in other ways. I simply cannot get COVID because it threatens his life. He can get a booster now but according to the FDA, I can’t. So I see people online recommending going “off-label” if you’re not technically eligible: just walk in to a CVS or whatever, lie about having an underlying condition like asthma, and get the vaxx. I’m a rule follower and wouldn’t feel great about doing that but I also am trying to protect a life. My question: What would my insurance company think about this? I assume the pharmacy would submit the charge and insurance wouldn’t cover it since I wasn’t eligible? That doesn’t really bother me but would I be actually penalized by the insurance company for some reason? What generally happens in a case like this? Thanks.
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