Avmed South Florida health insurance (offering Miami and Broward Couny health insurancedecides to cover all vaccines for swine flu victims for members only. Avmed in a flash of brilliance decides to take my suggestion of doing good deeds for the public and then writing press releases about it. However, they didn’t listen to me when I told them to make sure they included the anchor text links to their website in their press releases.
It is no secret that I love Avmed and support their bid to offer quality health insurance in South Florida. I think that this is actually a great idea. Though after my own recent brush with the swine flu I can tell you that the most expensive part of the swine flu is the $800 test for the swine flu. In any event my hat goes off to the good folks at Avmed for offering to vaccinate their members. This is especially generous in light of the fact that they have so many Medicare members.
Also not to rain on their parade but remember that the vaccine is linked with some pretty awful side effects so awful in fact that I would not get the vaccine.
AVMED COVERS H1N1 FLU VACCINE FOR MEMBERS
Miami, FL, October 7, 2009 – AvMed Health Plans announced that it will cover H1N1 flu administration fees for all of its fully insured members. Co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles will not apply for administration of the H1N1 vaccine even if they have a benefit plan that does not include immunizations.
“AvMed is committed to the health and well-being of our members and we want to ensure that the H1N1 national emergency vaccination effort goes as smoothly as possible,” said Kirk Cianciolo, D.O., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of AvMed Health Plans.
Additionally, AvMed is providing members and employers educational materials related to H1N1 virus, including the following current guidelines and information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
The CDC is recommending that programs and providers administer the vaccine to persons in the following five target groups (order of target groups does not indicate priority):
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Pregnant women,
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Persons who live with or provide care for infants aged <6 months (e.g., parents, siblings, and daycare providers),
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Health care and emergency medical services personnel,
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Persons aged 6 months through 24 years, and
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Persons aged 25 through 64 years who have medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications.
AvMed is closely monitoring the developments related to the H1N1 flu vaccine. For more information, log on to www.avmed.org or www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu.
About AvMed Health Plans
With more than 35 years in Florida, AvMed is one of the states oldest and largest not-for-profit health plans, and is solely focused on providing health coverage to Florida citizens and businesses. AvMed is one of only a few health plans in the United States that enjoys dual “Excellent” accreditation status for both its commercial and Medicare health plans from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the nation’s top health care quality evaluator. In addition, AvMed has received an “A,” or “Excellent” rating by TheStreet.com Ratings, placing it among the top six percent of all health plans in the United States in terms of financial strength.
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