Posted on 09/05/2024 12:35:08 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
CNN — The rollout of updated Covid-19 vaccines has begun in the United States, but for the first time, the shots will no longer be free of charge for people without insurance at their local pharmacy.
Earlier in the pandemic, vaccines were purchased by the federal government and free for everyone. Last year, as the shots transitioned to the commercial market, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Bridge Access Program provided free Covid-19 vaccines to adults without insurance and those whose insurance didn’t cover all vaccine costs. The program ended last month due to lack of federal funding.
“This means that purely uninsured people do not have access to get free Covid shots and so if they went to their pharmacy to try to get one, they’d come with a cost,” said Lori Freeman, chief executive officer for the National Association of County and City Health Officials. About 26 million people in the United States are uninsured.
“We know that cost, at this moment in time with the economy, is even more of a burden than ever,” Freeman said.
Most people with private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid will still be able to get vaccinated at no out-of-pocket cost, but for adults without insurance or those whose insurance does not cover the vaccine, getting the updated shot at a pharmacy could cost $201.99.
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Suddenly being poor might actually extend your life expectancy.
I’ll be sure not to get one as soon as possible.
So now the poor bastards will have to PAY to have themselves injected with experimental poison?
Two hundred buckadingdongs at Walmart for a shot that might not kill me? Oh hell yeah, sign me up.
I missed out on all the free ones. Might as well miss out on all the paid ones too.
updated shot at a pharmacy could cost $201.99.
You vill pay for having your life expectancy shortened, and you vill like it.
I’m going to need some major sleePing pills tonight after hearing this bad news!
I wouldn’t even get one for free. I sure won’t get one if I have to pay.
That’s because they know anyone getting one now is an idiot... might as well take their money.
Washington DC’s area code is 202....just a coincidence?
#PureBlood doesn’t care.
People without insurance are the most likely to be scared. Works out perfectly for the shot-jockeys.
No worries here..
yup...me neither....i have insurance yet never took, nor will i take, the kung flu vax....
Shot of...Jack Daniels?
awwwwww
SHINGLES SHOTS ARE WORSE....
USED TO be ONLY 1 shot was necessary-—NOT IT is 2 SHOTS-—EACH ONE ==$200.
INSURANCE NOT COVERING.
For $400, I can survive Shingles-—I ALREADY did.
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