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Health plans cover flu vaccine.(News)(intranasal covered due to shortage of injectable vaccine)(Brief Article)
Business Insurance, December, 2003 by Wojcik, Joanne
Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK Due to the nationwide shortage of flu vaccine, Aetna Inc. and CIGNA Corp. have said they will cover intranasal flu vaccines during the 2003/04 influenza season. "Given the shortage of flu vaccine and in view of the emerging health threat to healthy individuals, CIGNA HealthCare will temporarily cover intranasally administered live attenuated vaccine under existing benefit plans for the reminder of the current flu season,'' Allen Schaffer, chief medical officer for the Bloomfield, Conn.-based insurer, said in a statement.
"With public health officials warning of limited supplies of the injectable vaccine, particularly in areas hardest hit by the flu, we believe it's important for our members to have peace of mind by being able to...
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