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COVID-19 vaccines won’t be free for long. What will they cost?
The Hill ^ | 03/06/2023 | SHELDON H. JACOBSON, PH.D.

Posted on 03/06/2023 11:39:10 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will hold a hearing on March 22 to discuss the pricing of the COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer and Moderna are preparing to offer their vaccines in the private sector, without the federal government covering the cost. This will be necessary, given that the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies will expire on May 11. This will also shift the cost burden to health insurance companies, or for some people, be an out-of-pocket expense, although Moderna has indicated they will provide their vaccine at no cost to the uninsured and underinsured.

The federal government has been paying between $15 to $31 per dose for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Both companies have proposed prices between $110 and $130, around four times higher.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigpharma; cost; covid; free; vaccines
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To: ChicagoConservative27

once the EUA ends in May will pfizer have to offer the approved vaccine?

it was approved in sept 2022 and has not been available


21 posted on 03/06/2023 12:00:27 PM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: null and void

That thought had occurred to me yes. But I knew the FR forum would hold my feet to the fire soon enough. That took no time at all. I’m thrilled with my peers, associates, advocates, and detractors, here on FR.


22 posted on 03/06/2023 12:03:05 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The cost? Your like.


23 posted on 03/06/2023 12:03:16 PM PST by albie
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Both companies have proposed prices between $110 and $130, around four times higher.

Only idiots and liberals (sorry, that’s repetitious) would spend that amount of money for something that is dangerous and doesn’t work!

24 posted on 03/06/2023 12:05:08 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: T.B. Yoits
The Jim Jones Jab was never free. The taxpayers were forced to pay for it despite it not working, and actually injuring and killing recipients.

Now, as to the Pfuneral... that's paid for by victims, at least for now.

25 posted on 03/06/2023 12:16:24 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Get ‘em while they’re still cheap!


26 posted on 03/06/2023 12:17:07 PM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: ChicagoConservative27
What will they cost?

Better question: Why would you buy them?

27 posted on 03/06/2023 12:24:51 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: metmom

Russia has ordered all of these vaccines destroyed.


28 posted on 03/06/2023 12:31:33 PM PST by Bulwyf (Why? )
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To: OHPatriot
On another subject, has anyone noticed the latest push to get Shingles Vaccine? I had physical today and Dr. asked 3 times if I wanted one. Does Covid Vax allow for Shingles to manifest at younger age now? I’m only 55. Thought Shingles was old person concern. I said NO. Medical Profession has lost my trust!!

Another side effect of covid - folks that never had shingles before can have outbreaks several weeks after their infection. A lot more people will be experiencing shingles, and having had some small patches on occasion, it ain't fun.
29 posted on 03/06/2023 12:46:35 PM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“shift the cost burden to health insurance companies”

The simple escape clause - “Show us the data”.
They won’t pay for something that doesn’t work and that creates more healthcare problems.

They should start offering discounts for Pure Bloods.


30 posted on 03/06/2023 12:49:48 PM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Bulwyf

Whoever thought we’d see the day when we’d be better off under Russian rule than the US government’s?


31 posted on 03/06/2023 12:54:32 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: metmom

A bunch of us infantry types in western Canada wonder the same thing. Never thought I’d say that.


32 posted on 03/06/2023 1:06:35 PM PST by Bulwyf (Why? )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Won’t cost me anything because I’m done with the drama.


33 posted on 03/06/2023 1:06:59 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: SIDENET; OHPatriot

Same here.. for the last 3 months (at least), the V.A. has been pushing for the Shingles (and flu) shot.
I told them I am no longer taking ANY “vaccines” because of some of the “slip-ups” that have happened when people have gone for a “flu” shot and ended up getting the jab (and in some cases, dying).


34 posted on 03/06/2023 1:09:41 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: blackdog

My pleasure! But I am a bit disappointed, I hoped you had a secret to not paying taxes that was better than one I’ve used...


35 posted on 03/06/2023 1:20:02 PM PST by null and void (Soros funded judges and district attorneys have Detention Deficit Disorder)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m really curious what their market research tells them about how many doses they expect to sell each year. This chart indicates they are dosing less than 100,000 a week as of March 2023 - and they are still free.


36 posted on 03/06/2023 1:24:34 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh noes! 😆


37 posted on 03/06/2023 1:26:49 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Forget the Covid shots, just take 5000 units of Vitamin D3 and 15 mg or more of Zinc per day.


38 posted on 03/06/2023 1:30:38 PM PST by chopperk ( )
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To: Bikkuri

Yeah, mistakes. Oops, we gave you the *wrong* vaccine. Oh well, too late now.

I don’t trust them either.

What do they have to say when you tell them that?


39 posted on 03/06/2023 1:40:10 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Pfizer already announced that the vax would cost $130.

FAMILY OF 4???? $520-—EACH CYCLE.

Other reports stated that it cost 11 CENTS to make each dose.


40 posted on 03/06/2023 1:58:22 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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