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0 pointssystemvoltage5y ago0 comments

I think Gov should buy the vaccine and provide it for free. Private companies should rightfully charge a premium to the governments as they took: 1) Enormous risk 2) Expediency 3) Investment of talent 4) Demand is through the roof; all this even if the governments were involved in hedging the risk for spinning up manufacturing lines.

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handmodel5y ago

In the US that is what is happening - no one is paying for the vaccine.

It is intellectually vapid to get worked about the fact companies are making a $15 marginal unit profit on a vaccine that has 10x the utility of the average annual physical but costs 1/10th as much.

systemvoltageOP5y ago

I wasn't aware it is free in the US. That's great.

petre5y ago

If it isn't free then it isn't effective because it would drastically reduce the number of recipients.

stjohnswarts5y ago

For what it's worth both Trump and Biden stated as much regardless of who won the election.

throwaway2011035y ago

The vaccine itself is free. Insurance or patient or Medicaid will be billed for an office visit to administer the injection.

waiseristy5y ago

Safeway and others have already been getting ready to administer the vaccine at no-cost to the patient. This isn't really an issue

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