@jripley@mastodon.social @jwz@mastodon.social Thank you for the reality check, John. We in Kaiser Permanente HMO plans enjoy (at least in CA) the closest thing the USA has to the NHS, in both good ways and bad, but the good ways include maximal access to vaccines. I've heard stories before about the like of Walgreen's, etc. failing to provide access required by law, and I'm sure that won't end before the heat death of the universe, but, for the record, CDPH's Vaccines for All page states that Assembly Bill 144 (2025) requires health insurance plans regulated in California to cover immunizations recommended by CDPH, and patients three years and older need not have a prescription. Doesn't mean J. Random Drugstore will comply, of course. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/publichealth4all/vaccines.aspx