TallGuyJohninBKK Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 A federal program providing free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults is shutting down this summer, before the fall rollout of updated vaccines to fight against the latest variants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said its Bridge Access Program will end in August because of a lack of funding. The program has provided more than 1.4 million free COVID-19 vaccines since it launched in September 2023 at a cost of more than $1 billion. The Bridge Access Program was meant to be temporary and was originally scheduled to end in December 2024. (more) https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4670459-cdc-ending-free-covid-vaccines-uninsured/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Phoenix Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Good News! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 4 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said: Good News! Indeed, another limb hacked off the somewhat palsied tree which is an attempt to provide health care to those too poor to afford the obscene charges of the American "healthcare" industry! A country which flaunts almost unlimited military power, certainly several times that of its nearest rival, a country which swans around the world, poking it's nose in and telling other countries to conduct their affairs, a country which claims to be the world's most free, most open democracy, a country which has put man on the moon, and still maintains a massive space programme, yet a country which, some ( myself included) would say obscenely, cannot provide the most basic healthcare to its citizens, and which happily accepts the corrosive effects of utter poverty and hopelessness amongst its most unfortunate peoples. I watched an interview with Bernie Saunders the other evening. Goodness me, didn't he talk sense! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Paulson Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 They can’t even give them away for free who the hell is going to pay for them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 Sounds like the COVID vaccines program for the un- and under-insured was doing pretty substantial business... until Congress rescinded the federal funding that was being used to run the program for 25 to 30 million eligible Americans: Quote The program has provided more than 1.4 million free COVID-19 vaccines since it launched in September 2023 at a cost of more than $1 billion. Quote The fiscal 2024 government funding bill rescinded $4.3 billion in COVID-19 funding that was never obligated, and a CDC spokesperson indicated the agency had been using some of it to run the Bridge program. “Due to Congressional rescissions of COVID-19 funds in the FY 2024 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, difficult decisions had to be made about the future of CDC activities supported by those funds,” David Daigle told The Hill in an email. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 They provided 1.4 million doses at a cost of over $1 Billion? Do some math on that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBruv Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) 5 hours ago, impulse said: They provided 1.4 million doses at a cost of over $1 Billion? Do some math on that one... Sounds ridiculous but makes sense in the context of decisions being made by boomers: They don't care about the costs to younger generations - as long as they can keep popping as many viagras as poss before the inevitable journey to hell Edited May 23 by BigBruv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Paulson Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 If I get the shot can I still get a free order of fries? Or did that offer expire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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