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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association have recently announced a commitment that Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association or BCBSA will cover H1N1 vaccine admin; the company will start providing coverage for H1N1 vaccine sooner.
According to Scott P. Serota, the CEO and president of BCBSA, the latest announcement by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC about the H1N1 has underscored the requirement to make sure as many individuals as feasible get vaccinated. To that conclusion, the country's 39 self-governing BCBS companies are trying to make a joint effort to facilitate their respective policyholders to get the H1N1 vaccination. BCBS companies are in all Zip codes of the country and it is significant that they make the vaccination easy and educate their policyholders on how they can be protected from H1N1.
Retirees and federal workers getting coverage by the BCBS government wide Service Benefit Plan (FEP or Federal Employee Program) will too get advantages for H1N1 vaccine administration in the year 2009 and 2010. And, BCBSA will cover H1N1 vaccine admin.
The H1N1 vaccine is likely to be available in this fall and CDC has advocated that some groups of population get 2009 H1N1 vaccination first. The vaccination works initially will be focused on five key groups that may include:
- Expectant women
- People between the age group of 6 months and 24 years
- People between the age group of 25 years and 64 years and having chronic health problems or with compromised immunity.
- Persons who care for or live with kids below the age of 6 months
- Healthcare personnel and emergency healthcare services personnel
BCBSA will cover H1N1 vaccine admin and the entire information about the vaccine administration is available at the following websites:
- Further information on H1N1 vaccine as well as related materials is available on CDC official website at www.cdc.gov.
- A comprehensive list of providers is available on BCBSA official website at www.bcbs.com.
- For more information on the FEP advantages, you can visit www.fepblue.org.
For additional information on what specific benefits you will get; you can contact local Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies.
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