Since the government is no longer giving the shots away for free most people need to use their health insurance to pay for them. The problems include issues with insurance coverage. So it's sort of our health care system as we know it,' Kates says. They're being largely procured, supplied, paid for in the private sector. 'This is the first time that the vaccines are being commercialized. Unlike year's past when the federal government purchased the vaccines and made them free to consumers, this year pharmacies had to buy the vaccines from suppliers. That's much higher than the uptake for last year's bivalent boosters – about 17% of Americans got those.Īnd the vaccine manufacturers say they've got sufficient doses available – the problem seems to be with distribution, Kates explains. adults intend to get the new COVID vaccine this fall, according to a survey out Wednesday from KFF, including two-thirds of seniors.
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