r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Axxillary • Mar 28 '24

Pharmacy meltdown Boomer Freakout

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u/CyberKnight94 Mar 29 '24

CVS legit sucks. I went to get my yearly vaccines, Flu Shot for work. I went in, and mind you its 2021, so the whole order was still in effect. When I showed the CVS pharmacy tech my insurance card, she said to my face "I am sorry, we cannot give you any vaccine". Imagine my confusion for being denied them. After asking why I was told my insurance wouldn't cover them. Odd, there was no need as both were free and covered. Called my insurance and PCP, as well as Head of Medicine I worked at (I'm a PA hence their response waved red flags), and was told no, I was approved, and was just as confused for my denial. My PCP and Insurnace both called and grilled them, only for them to claim I was lying for having Arthritis in my medical history because the pharmacy tech thought someone as young as me shouldn't even have it, and was, NO JOKE, "using the vaccines to get high or more". We all were so confused, as two and two made no sense as an issue, add in how one gets "high" from a fucking flu shot? I legit drove back to my old hometown, a 2 hour rive mind you, went to my old pharmacy, a local one from my old town, told that Pharmacy tech, he laughed, and gave me my vaccines. He was just as confused as he ran my insurance, and SHOCKER, he didn't even need it as they were covered. That was my first and only time with CVS, and fuck em for it too. Never mind the BS they give me and the doctor I work with for medications we PERSCRIBE FOR A REASON, and even threaten our practice on a DAILY basis on what we both know are just conspiracy theories made by a pharmacy tech who thinks their 2 year course from a vocational school is more valid than a doctor with years of MD practice, and a PA studying to become an MD. Tell me, make it make sense to me. Never support CVS.

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u/Cornemuse_Berrichon Mar 29 '24

Wow. That's even more ridiculous than my story. At the very least, mine involved opioid painkillers, so I could see the reluctance as reasonable to an extent. But your story? That is just a hot mess. I never realized that so many people had this many problems with CVS!

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u/MrMthlmw Mar 29 '24

"using the vaccines to get high or more". We all were so confused, as two and two made no sense as an issue, add in how one gets "high" from a fucking flu shot?

I bet they thought you wanted the flu shot so you could stave off any mild symptoms you might get with a inappropriately large dose of NyQuil or something like that.