HHS Says Vaccines Will Be Free For All, Except Maybe Seniors

By John Wilkerson, Ariel Cohen / September 18, 2020 at 3:56 PM
Administration officials haven’t figured out how to make coronavirus vaccinations free to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, though HHS Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Paul Mango said they would pay no more than $3.50. Lobbyists for consumers and drug makers are baffled by the $3.50 figure, and some consumer advocates dispute the administration's guarantee of free coronavirus vaccines for everyone else. The president’s aspiration is that the vaccine would be free to everyone, Mango said Wednesday (Sept. 16) during a press...


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