Pfizer CEO claims 400% price hike on Covid vaccines will be “free”

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24 points·sudobash1··10 comments

Disgusting. There are millions of uninsured Americans. Saying this will change nothing for Americans is entirely reliant on every single person having insurance, which is untrue.

We need more regulation from the federal government, these greedy medical companies have made too much money already.

It is disgusting. But I thought that the government was picking up the cost of vaccines? I never once gave them my insurance info for the 4 doses I got, unless they got it some other way. If that is the case, Will uninsured Americans actually see this increase?

In the article it states the government will no longer be paying for it and the cost will go to the insurance companies.

> Until now, all COVID-19 vaccines in the US have been bought by the US government, which paid $30.48 per dose in its latest vaccine supply agreement from June. The US government had previously paid $24 per dose in July 2021 and $19.50 per dose in July 2020. The government offered all the doses to Americans for free. Now, the company expects health insurance companies to pick up the tab, however larger.

Ah, got it.

Actually no. If you are uninsured there are programs to provide it to you free or discounted.

It's 4$ times 4. So 16$ ?

> $30 to somewhere between $110 and $130

You would think he would be old enough to realize that nothing is “free”.

free is the worst price

I can remember when you got paid for being a test subject, not vice versa.

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