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Old Mar 3, 2005, 5:16 pm
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peachfront
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
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get the oral typhoid vaccine instead

My insurance doesn't cover travel medicine either. Explain your cost concerns to the clinic. The oral vaccine for typhoid is only a few dollars and they can give it to you with instructions for taking it at home. That's what I did. $70 for typhoid injections is just way out of line when there is a cheaper alternative that works just as well. My friend on the same trip got "stuck" with the jabs. I think he dressed a bit too prosperously when he showed up at the clinic.


Originally Posted by kcchica
HI.. thanks for the suggestion.. that is where we are going.. but I just checked my book and its says yellow fever is good for 10 years.. so I only need typhoid at this point.. and they quoted $70, but I am nto sure if that includes the visitation fee of $35 or not... oh well not much I can do at this point.
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