Director of disease control and prevention centers Rochelle WalenskyRochelle WalenskyFauci in Spring: “Don’t Leave the Guard Completely” Texas ends mask mandate as leaders demand caution over money: COVID-19 relief bill en route to house passage, Biden signs Wednesday | First new controls that will come out next week MORE he said in an interview Thursday that he worries that a day may come when the coronavirus vaccine will come at a cost to patients.
“I’m worried about the day the vaccine will stop being free,” Walensky said He said on the 19th that the Biden administration is moving forward with its inoculation program.
“What about all these people? What if we need a third reinforcement? What happens then, who will pay for it? she asked.
COVID-19 vaccines have been purchased with taxpayer dollars by the federal government and delivered free of charge in order to be vaccinated as much as possible.
Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, whose vaccine is not yet approved for use in the United States, they both said they will not get any benefit from their vaccines and will sell it at the cost that needs to be done.
President Biden
Joe BidenManchin cements key vote status in Senate 50-50 Note: how COVID revalued policy Post-pandemic plans for lawmakers: Chuck E. Cheese, visiting friends, clean hugs MORE announced Wednesday that the federal government has purchased an additional 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
However, Pfizer, which is the first vaccine used in the United States, did not commit to selling its vaccines at no cost.
“We recognize that these are extraordinary times and our prices will reflect that during the pandemic period,” Pfizer commercial director John Young told young lawmakers over the summer.
The company said in February that it plans to raise vaccine prices after the pandemic crisis has subsided.
Pfizer currently sells its vaccines at nearly $ 20 per dose, when their normal cost can range from $ 150 to $ 175, according to CFO Frank D’Amelio, Fierce Pharma was reported last month. He said yes “It will get more price” after the pandemic.
“Therefore, I think there are an extraordinary number of questions that will be associated with how this pandemic will be paid, how the future of health care will be paid, how the future of public health care will be paid, because we are a product of the fact that we have not invested in it, ”Walensky said.
The government has not indicated that vaccines will cease to be free to the public soon.