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The COVID-19 vaccine is free, but Cedar Valley medical providers might still ask for health insurance cards Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA) Feb. 17 WATERLOO Residents won t have to pay out of pocket for the COVID-19 vaccine, but area health care providers often ask people for their health insurance. Three of four major health care systems including MercyOne, UnityPoint and Waverly Health Center said they ask people to provide their private insurance or Medicare or Medicaid coverage. The systems said they charge insurance agencies for administration fees, which cover the cost of staff doing vaccinations. But people without health insurance can still get the vaccine for free, the providers said. They will not get billed administration fees. ....
WATERLOO â Two of Waterlooâs major health care systems expect to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in coming days, according to hospital officials. Both UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital and MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center officials said health care workers who are most exposed to COVID-19 will get the vaccine first. The Black Hawk County Health Department did not yet release the number of vaccine doses it will distribute to local health care systems. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized emergency distribution of the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine, which had 95% efficacy in clinical trials, is manufactured by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech. An advisory panel will vote Thursday on whether to recommend another COVID-19 vaccineâs approval by the FDA. The vaccine, also found to have about 95% efficacy in clinical trials, is manufactured by Moderna. ....