Hello, Canadians of Lemmy! Down in the USA there is a lot of conflicting information regarding the efficacy of y’alls healthcare systems. Without revealing my personal bias, I was hoping for some anecdotes or summaries from those whom actually live there.
Insurance plans will almost always cover it. If you do not have insurance, you are probably going to pay for it yourself now.
How much did they ask for if you didn’t have insurance?
There are about 2 million people in the US that don’t have insurance.
God I wish the number of uninsured was that low. It is about 8% of Americans or over 26 million Americans:
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/08/02/new-hhs-report-shows-national-uninsured-rate-reached-all-time-low-in-2022.html
There is a CDC program to get it for free but that extra barrier will likely mean that people simply do not get the vaccine. Otherwise uninsured people will likely spend $120-130 per shot.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-19-shots-free-insurance/story?id=103167181
The vaccine likely costs Moderna and Pfizer a tenth of that. The US paid for Moderna’s research and increased production capacity. In return Moderna sold the government vaccines at a higher profit than they did for the EU.