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Subject: FW: VA and Walgreens Team Up to Provide Flu Vaccinations to Veterans

This is cool, if you are a vet enrolled in VA healthcare, you can get your flu shot at any Walgreens instead of having to go to the VA hospital or clinics.

Please get the word out to our student vets and faculty/staff who are vets.

Thanks,

Lisa

Lisa Carrington Firmin, MS, Colonel, USAF Ret

Associate Provost and UTSA Military Liaison

Office of Veteran and Military Affairs
The University of Texas at San Antonio

210.458.6097

Subject: VA and Walgreens Team Up to Provide Flu Vaccinations to Veterans

Flu Season is here! Veterans protect yourselves and get a NO COST flu shot!

The cold and flu season is upon us and the Department of Veterans Affairs has once again teamed up with Walgreens Pharmacies nationwide to allow all veterans who are currently enrolled in the VA healthcare system to be able walk into any of the over 8000 Walgreens nationally (and the Duane Reade pharmacies in the New York metropolitan area) to receive a vaccination at no cost.  Vaccinations will be available through March 31, 2018.

Veterans wishing to receive the no cost vaccination simply need to present a Veterans Identification Card and a photo ID, at any participating Walgreens to receive the vaccination. The Group ID is: VAFLU

In addition, after the Walgreens pharmacist administers the vaccine Walgreens will transmit that information securely to VA where it becomes part of the patient’s electronic medical record.

VA is committed to keeping Veteran patients healthy, and during this flu season, vaccination is the best way to prevent the spread of flu.  No matter where you live, visit your local VA clinic or Walgreens to get a no cost flu shot.  

• To find your local VA, visit va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp.
• To locate a Walgreens store near you, call 800-WALGREENs (800-925-4733), or go to com/findastore.
• To learn more about the partnership, call 1-877-771-8537 or visit https://www.va.gov/COMMUNITYCARE/programs/veterans/immunization.asp .
• To get more information on flu and flu vaccine, visit publichealth.va.gov/flu or www.cdc.gov/flu.

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