Americans may pay more for covid shots from Next year

The US government intends to stop procuring and delivering Covid-19 injections in January due to a lack of funding.

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forcing Americans to pay out-of-pocket for vaccinations or purchase them through insurance.

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More than 100 drugmakers, state and local health authorities, and the chief of HHS's Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Dawn O'Connell, gathered for a meeting.

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To address the government's plans to move the sale of Covid vaccines and treatments to the commercial market, health care providers and insurers met on Tuesday.

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The US government and pharmaceutical companies have thought about commercialising Covid injections and drugs ever since the outbreak began.

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We've always intended to move this work into the business sector, O'Connell stated in a Tuesday letter. "Without further funding from Congress, the transition schedule has advanced during the past six months."

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