Just in Case You Were Not Sure, Heath Insurance Companies are Evil

I finally got my flu shots! Hurah! Thats the good news, because vaccines work bitches!

Now for the stupid crazy news. Blue Shield didn't pay for it! Thus shattering any illusions I ever had about health insurance being about health. It is in-fact about money, money and nothing else.

Of all the things that health insurance can and should pay for vaccinations should be at the top of the list. Imagine a short, nearly painless procedure that can prevent you from getting influenza. Well imagine no longer, such a miracle treatment exists. It's called the flu shot. The CDC says "the vaccine can reduce the chances of getting the flu by 70% to 90% in healthy adults" Wow, that's amazing! Where can I get me some?

I got mine at the Safeway Pharmacy, it took about 5 minutes including the paperwork. It cost a measly (no pun intended) $45 and I'll be protected from both H1N1 and the seasonal flu for the rest of the season which is peaking around now.

It seems like a cost-effective miracle cure when stacked up against needing to take a sick day off from work, and yet most insurance (according to the pharmacist) wont cover it. What kind of messed up world do we live in where a treatment to prevent a potentially fatal disease isn't covered by health insurance. Or is it just this country....