Yes, they are free at the point of delivery (ie. paid for out of tax money).
Why other drugs aren't also free, is a very good question. In some places they are.
Here in England, there is a prescription fee of about £10 ($12) for most drugs, with some exceptions - including drugs to treat cancer and diabetes, and anything given while being treated in hospital, which are free. In Scotland and Wales, there is no prescription fee even.
The reason that isn't the case in the US is simply that the Republican part have blocked every attempt to create any kind of universal healthcare system.
The reason they're providing free Covid shots is simply that the cost to the economy of not vaccinating people, is greater than the cost of vaccinating, and they need to vaccinate pretty much everybody for it to be effective (having to pay would obviously deter people) - otherwise it just continues to spread among the unvaccinated, and mutate into different variants which nobody has any immunity to, and which could potentially be far more lethal. Plus, the government has to be seen to be doing *something* - they can't just let millions die and not do anything, especially when the rest of the Western World is vaccinating and seeing positive results.
They aren't free if the taxpayers are paying for them. And the government paid almost all the companies for them, except Moderna, who sold them for-profit.
well, we all paid for them actually. PFizer moderna astrazenica were given billions of dollars of taxpayer money to develop and distribute these vaccines. Some one did the math on it and it came out to 78 dollars per shot for every working American... regardless whether you took it or not. remember the Government don't give you anything for free. You have already paid for it or will be paying for it eventually.
There is no cost to myself here in Canada. Still the government is paying pharm big money for these shots. So in reality they aren't free. Our tax dollars are paying for them.
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They are "free" to get now.
The next generation (s) will be paying the tab, though.
It's for free here; unless you are a snob and want to waste your money on private hospitals.
Governments...: are only interested to maintain enough voters and tax payers; health is a secondary consideration only.
And for sure: pharma industry does not vote for them perhaps - but they still can sponsor or 'lobby' certain politicians who accept their bribes.
They are "free" to the public, but the government is using tax dollars to pay for them, including using Americans' tax dollars to buy vaccines for people in other countries. Pfizer made record profits last year because of the vaccine mandates. Notice that the government only pushes Pfizer for kids and mainly promotes that one to everyone else too? they get "donations" (bribes) from them for their campaigns.
I guess it's free unless you consider we've actually already paid for them through taxes. Government loves to spend other people's money.
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I heard that big Pharma is making absence profits in last couple years. So someone is shelling out the money.
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They aren't free. Either the government or private insurance is paying for the vaccines. There's no out if pocket cost to the individual getting vaccinated.
Cancer and diabetes aren't communicable diseases, OK?
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I think they are free to the people receiving them, but the government is paying the drug companies for the shots.
I had to provide an insurance card but even if I did not have insurance I would not have paid for it. The government (the taxpayers) are picking up the tab for this.
They’re funded from the pool of tax dollars. Unlike COVID, both chemo and insulin both treat non-communicable diseases limited to a certain demographic, so it’s poor comparison to draw.
Here in Sweden... Sort of. I mean, Health Care here is "free"... 'cause one's taxes already covers them.
Free? Haha. No such thing. We're not paying out of our wallets, but we're definitely paying for them.
Stop being a duummbazz. this whole thing is a HOAX.
The government is paying for them with your tax dollars. So is it free? And yes Pfizer has made over $30,000,000,000 from this. This why they are only pushing the shot and nothing else. No treatments, natural immunity, nothing but the shot.
I've never had to pay for a vaccine or booster shot.
I personally have never paid for an actual/real vaccine. But to get a so-called "vaccine" shot NOW, I would DEFINITELY be paying... with my LIFE!!!
They are not free.
The pharmacy charges your health insurance.
My insurance paid $40 per shot.
They aren't free our taxes are paying for them. nothing in this world is freel
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