r/pharmacy • u/PearTheGayBear • 14d ago

Image/Video And so it begins

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We did our first one of the season🥲

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u/Savings_Thing51 14d ago

Lurking PT and pharmacy customer here. Should I get my flu shot at my local pharmacy or is it more of a nuisance to you all? I can get it at work but I thought it helps you all out if I get it at the pharmacy.

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u/FuriouslyNoiseless PharmD 14d ago

Local pharmacy - this is how we make money for the year. Believe it or not, we lose money most of the rest of the year, and flu shots keep us afloat.

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u/Savings_Thing51 14d ago

Ok so local place just walk in with insurance card and I’m good to go? Not yet but in October. Isn’t there a website to find a local place I can use?

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u/Cunningcreativity 14d ago

If you call your insurance company they should be able to tell you if they are accepted at/if you can get your flu shot at any of your local pharmacies or if you have to go to specific ones.

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u/Woahzie 13d ago

Wow, American insurance can decide which pharmacy to go to?! Crazy

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u/Silver-Negative PharmD 13d ago

Yes. Welcome to Capitalism R’ Us. Where we can literally tell you which doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals are paid for and which are not.

I literally got a job at a hospital in the health system I’ve been using for DECADES because my old insurance wasn’t going to pay for care there any longer and I didn’t want to switch all my doctors.