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Article: GHI to Cover FluMist(TM) Intranasal Flu Vaccine.
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- December 12, 2003
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Group Health Incorporated (GHI), a statewide not-for-profit health insurer in New York, today announced it will include as a covered benefit the FluMist(TM) Intranasal Flu Vaccine, effective immediately. Coverage will last through the end of the 2003-2004 influenza season.
GHI is implementing this new policy in direct response to the shortage of injectable influenza vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended using FluMist(TM) in place of the injectable vaccine for healthy children and adults between the ages of five and 49.
"This year's flu season ...