Got my Covid booster shot a few minutes ago

@SW-User Sounds like us. First vaccines were given to the 60+ group. Then 18+.
We had two primary does, 1 and 2. Following that was a booster --which I have, and now a 2nd booster ready.
So you get strengthening every 6 months.

Here the doses were either paid by insurance or social assistance for those who needed it.

It can get expensive if you're without coverage, I know. I'm sorry it cost you, but happy you had the access to doses.

@SethGreene531 We don't have health insurance in India for cases like these. Unless you are in-patient and up for some operation/surgery. I do recall seeing it in one American series where a pregnant woman gets her medicines covered through insurance. In our case we have to pay.

But medicine is a major field in India and usually the best pf the medicines are not expensive because they r manufactured within India.

Doctors fee depends on your choice. I always go to the best of the best so i end up paying more. There is always a choice of free doctor.

For example, malaria is relatively common but the medicine costs 5 rupees and 1 USD = 70 rupees so imagine how cheap it is.

Most of my psychiatry medicine costs 40 rupees for 10 pills. So that's again not even a dollar. But in totality for a month I pay about 5 dollars.

Vaccine costed me 20 dollars so far which I had to pay because I chose a private hospital instead of a government one where usually people who can't afford end up going which makes it crowded.

@SW-User Very interesting. Unfortunate there's no health insurance, but your medications are incredibly cheap.
Here, meds for psychiatry or specialized treatments (Cancer, etc.,) can be hundreds of US dollars.

A simple psychiatry med would cost you 40 to 70 USD.

We do have free clinics and hospitals here also, but as you say they are the most crowded; and the wait times are long. Obama was drafting a universal healthcare bill that congress vetoed, which would have made top tier healthcare free, like countries like Canada, etc.

@Carla lol i have a sore arm and mild body ache.

@SW-User oh, good. You should be fine then, tomorrow🙂

@Barefooter25 Actually i didn't feel anything when she inserted that huge needle in my arm lol. I only saw the fluid get pumped in but no pain nothing

@Thewhazzupdude Neah. Referred to a government statement which was actually from a scientist and it said the side effects r normal

@Teslin im all good