Sequestration Forces Air Force To Limit Free Flu Shots

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post



WASHINGTON -- The Air Force will no longer be giving free flu shots to civilian employees this year, due to the federal budget cuts known as sequestration.

Last year, 12,000 employees were vaccinated under the Air Force's program, free of charge. Now, only beneficiaries of TRICARE, the Defense Department health system, will be eligible, along with members of the military, their families and military retirees.

"In the past, AFMC has offered both the flu vaccine and wellness programs because civilian health and wellness is an important factor that supports our command mission," said Col. James King, AFMC command surgeon, in a statement this week. "Unfortunately, limited resources required us to prioritize and ultimately fund broader health programs that provide more resources for the total health of our civilian workforce."

The Air Force added that it had had to purchase vaccines in early 2013, "when this year's budget numbers were less certain"; sequestration went into effect on March 1.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/sequestration-air-force_n_3920810.html

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. ...but not to limit bombings. Go figger.

[Carolina]

2. you took the words right out of my mouth!

go figure... for real

This country cannot protect its own citizens but some will still buy into the tripe that BHO's recently shelved, vigorous fight to intervene in Syria was for humanitarian reasons... so much bullshit, so little time

[gopiscrap]

3. What about that 93 billion slush fund they have,

can't they use some of that?

[Owl]

4. It's all theatrics.