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Got shot yesterday in Virginia. No insurance card required. The website said to bring ID, but I didn't need that either. The whole process was quick and very well-run.
Well, it may have been quick, but I'm going to disagree on how well run it was. How could anyone consider medical vaccinations as being "well run" if the person getting the shot didn't even have to provide any identification? How would the facility know who they were giving a shot to?
There has been much heated discussion about "Vaccine Passports" and the possible need to be able to furnish one in order to get on a plane or commercial boat or perhaps even to get into some stores. So how is a vaccination center going to be able to confirm who they gave a shot to if they don't even require identification?
Perhaps these rules were established by the same people who don't think that an ID should be required to vote.
Maybe we should just say we don't have insurance, to speed the process. Or say we don't have the card.
We are likely going to a pharmacy to do it.
Why make this so complicated? If it bothers you so much, call the pharmacy and ask them what you need. Can't imagine why one approach would be faster than another. If there's a line and you have to wait, you'll have to wait regardless. If you've ever used that pharmacy for other reasons you might run in to a snag if you claim you don't have insurance...as soon as you provide your name their records would show you do.
Honestly, I don't recall that the online mass vaccination clinic appointment request asked for any insurance-related information but suspect it didn't. It did ask for a verification of age, probably DL. The first clinic generated a vaccine record and created the appointment for the second.
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When I signed up online for an appointment, the sponsoring hospital asked for insurance info as part of the sign up. At the time of the shot(s), I was not asked for card, only driver's license to confirm I was who I said is was. Also the CDC Record Card I got makes no mention of insurance.
Got my shots at a mass vaccination clinic. Brought my card because it lives in my wallet. No one asked for it.
Same here at my mass vaccination site in Texas. Had my second shot this week. Was never asked for insurance info or ID either time or maybe I was asked for ID the first time, but I know I wasn't this time (I can remember that only because it was 3 days ago, LOL).
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How could anyone consider medical vaccinations as being "well run" if the person getting the shot didn't even have to provide any identification? How would the facility know who they were giving a shot to?
To piggyback on my above comment, your point is a good one, and I was somewhat surprised to not be asked for my ID since I had already taken it out of my wallet and had it ready to go. They did, however, scan the QR code I received when I registered for the shot and asked me to verify several pieces of identifying info (including DOB), so there was some degree of verification going on.
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It depends on the state and who is giving the shots. We were not asked for anything about insurance for either shot, we did have to show IDs (age). When our in-laws got theirs, they were not asked about their age or occupations to verify eligibility.
Same here at my mass vaccination site in Texas. Had my second shot this week. Was never asked for insurance info or ID either time or maybe I was asked for ID the first time, but I know I wasn't this time (I can remember that only because it was 3 days ago, LOL).
To piggyback on my above comment, your point is a good one, and I was somewhat surprised to not be asked for my ID since I had already taken it out of my wallet and had it ready to go. They did, however, scan the QR code I received when I registered for the shot and asked me to verify several pieces of identifying info (including DOB), so there was some degree of verification going on.
I have heard of people being asked 3 or 4 times through the process to show their QR code - while waiting in line to check in, while waiting in line to actually get the shot and then again during the observation period! Seems a bit extreme but I guess for a reason?
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Why make this so complicated? If it bothers you so much, call the pharmacy and ask them what you need. Can't imagine why one approach would be faster than another. If there's a line and you have to wait, you'll have to wait regardless. If you've ever used that pharmacy for other reasons you might run in to a snag if you claim you don't have insurance...as soon as you provide your name their records would show you do.
