The government
only has money from taxpayers and as taxpayers we have never even with wishes have been able to quit paying
for any disease or accident injury often caused by personal choice... drug use/ alcohol / obesity...stupidity in doing risky things
so getting or not getting a shot will not be the line in the sand.
Yes, the cost of these vaccines are just being added to our ballooning Nation Debt. However, it appears that the cost of these vaccines is in the neighborhood of $25 per shot. Compare that to the thousands of dollars that every patient in the hospitals are running up daily, and these vaccines appear to be a real bargain.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3049901/how-much-does-pfizer-covid-vaccine-cost/
the cost for each shot according to Forbes article
These vaccines are free to all patients, thanks to funding by the U.S. government which negotiated contracts with the Covid-19 vaccine makers that will supply enough vaccines to cover our entire population. Of course, these contracts came at a cost to the government, from $
39 for Pfizer’s two dose regimen, $32 for Moderna’s regimen, and $10 for J&J’s single shot.
Other costs related to the Covid-19 vaccination process had been a bit of a mystery to me, until I received my quarterly Medicare Part B summary, which contained the following information. Keep in mind that I was not billed for these charges
Amount Facility Charged Medicare Approved Amount Amount Medicare Paid
1st Dose (Pfizer) $144.00 $144.00 $18.79
2nd Dose (Pfizer) $144.00 $144.00 $30.92
People still do not get that YES they do charge for that pharmacist or nurse or whomever to GIVE the shot either through health insurance or government programs.......
(The amount that the facility charges is, by Medicare definition, the facilities fee for this service. The Medicare approved amount is defined as the amount that the facility can be paid for a Medicare service; however, Medicare says that it usually pays 80% of the Medicare-approved amount.)
