Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to follow

Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by dawnerd on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:28AM (#45889207)

You should check around, bunch of groups / counties provide them for free or low cost. Also Costco was at least a few years ago dirt cheap without a prescription.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by spencerflem on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:29AM (#45889240)

Good to know, I’ll check Costco, this was at a CVS. My current plan was to see if I could get it while in Canada

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by captainkrtek on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:45AM (#45889485)

I'm an EMT w/ a fire dept, we run a local flu shot drive for our community for free. Check for other resources like this for example in your community, or perhaps at the county level.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by el_benhameen on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:09PM (#45889909)

If that doesn’t work, a lot of county health departments have free clinics for people without insurance.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by dawnerd on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:25PM (#45890156)

For some reason CVS refuses to take my UnitedHealth insurance for flu (but will no problem for covid). They said it would have been 200 bucks and I laughed at them and went to Costco.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by whatevertrevor on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:22PM (#45892324)

Would be hard to get in Canada without provincial health cards, if I had to guess.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by spencerflem on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @08:04AM (#45965170)

turns out you were right!

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by InitialBP on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:38AM (#45889379)

I'm not sure where you got a quote from, but CVS is advertising on their website without insurance that it costs far less.

https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/flu?icid=immunizations-lp-...

Under the "How much does a flu shot cost?" section it says $75 for a standard dose.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by nozzlegear on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:44AM (#45889467)

That seems extremely high. You can pop into any Walmart in Minnesota and get it for about $45 uninsured. At Hy-Vee (the grocery store chain), I want to say it's $25.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by ibejoeb on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:52AM (#45889610)

Where are you?

Publix supermarkets will literally pay you to get it. I think it's a $10 gift card this year.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by spencerflem on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:57AM (#45889721)

With insurance :c

This was my local CVS though, from other comments maybe other places are cheaper.

Also I miss pubsubs so much <333

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by loeg on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:52AM (#45889597)

Any grocery or drug store will give you a flu vaccine for free to you. It's not $300.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by dehrmann on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:00PM (#45889780)

I think you're seeing how the ACA mandated free vaccines, so the $300 gets billed to your health insurance, then your insurance negotiates it down to $30. If you don't have insurance, it's the sticker price.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by loeg on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:46PM (#45890430)

No, this is a loss leader / community benefit these corporations participate in. They'll attempt to be reimbursed through insurance, but also offer it to the uninsured.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by mrguyorama on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @06:42PM (#45894447)

It's not a loss leader, it's literally revenue positive to pay for everyone to get a vaccine from the insurance company's perspective!

One guy needing intensive care pays for a whole bunch of vaccines.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by loeg on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @07:27PM (#45894838)

For the insured, sure. For the uninsured, I think it's done as a loss leader / community benefit by the store/pharmacy.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by dehrmann on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:37PM (#45895802)

https://www.cvs.com/learn/health/vaccines-immunizations

> *FOR FREE FLU SHOTS & 14 NO-COST VACCINES: Select vaccines at no cost with most insurance. Eligibility varies by patient and insurance plan. Eligible patients will not pay any copayments unless otherwise required by their plan, including Medicare Part B. Availability varies by state based on regulations...

That doesn't sound like it's free if you're uninsured. Or at least that don't advertise that.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by chasd00 on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @01:23PM (#45890920)

> If you don't have insurance, it's the sticker

it's never the sticker for cash, if you pay cash you will get the same rate the insurance companies get. Why would a clinic turn down the sale? Just shop around and say you'll be paying cash.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by armandososa on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:36AM (#45889349)

In Mexico, we get it for free

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by loloquwowndueo on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:48AM (#45889524)

It’s also free in Canada. And yet…

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by red-iron-pine on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @04:44PM (#45907197)

only the flu tho. COVID costs $100 in Alberta

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by loloquwowndueo on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @07:32PM (#45908923)

I meant measles.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by hgomersall on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:26AM (#45889181)

Seriously? I just had mine for £23 at the pharmacist in the UK. I just walked in and they did it.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by jrgaston on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:55AM (#45889659)

In British Columbia my local health authority texts me to inform me my covid and flu vaccines are available. And both are free. Of course it is cost effective for the province as it is cheaper to give vaccines than treat sick people in hospital.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by bardak on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @01:30PM (#45890998)

I still can't believe that Alberta is charging for COVID vaccines purely for political reasons.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by whatevertrevor on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:21PM (#45892316)

I can believe it, if only based on the times I've heard Danielle Smith speak.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by gtirloni on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:39AM (#45889391)

So actually had to double check this but in Brazil you can get the flu/covid vaccine for free at public hospitals or, which shocked me, at for-profit drugstores (for sure subsidized by the government).

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by spencerflem on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:27AM (#45889204)

Ok tbf it was the combined flu/covid, if I wanted just flu that would be ‘only’ 150

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by hgomersall on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:31AM (#45889260)

Wow, that sucks. Why so expensive? COVID is more in the UK, like ~£80.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by spencerflem on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:34AM (#45889308)

Haha no clue, I was shocked as well. First time being uninsured. According to other commenters maybe there’s other stores that offer it for less.

Funny thing is, same day I didn’t get the vaccine the grocery store receipt starting offering a free shot and $10 store credit with “most insurances” so I didn’t qualify lol.

This sorta thing that keeps Everyone safe with herd immunity you’d really think they’d want to make as easy as possible

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by lern_too_spel on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @02:36PM (#45891777)

California imposes a penalty of $900 for not having health insurance, and approximately every health insurance plan you can get covers the flu vaccine at no cost to the patient. 8% of Americans have no health insurance like GP, with states not imposing a mandate having higher uninsured rates.

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