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Society as a whole benefits from an infected person being quarantined so therefore society should also pay for it. Is that not the case? I'd assume the US has
by tdons 7y ago
Society as a whole benefits from an infected person being quarantined so therefore society should also pay for it.
Is that not the case?
I'd assume the US has programs/budgets for this sort of contingency funded at the federal level?
- ergothus 7y agoUntil Obamacare, even flu vaccinations were not commonly covered. Your logic is sound but unable to cope with the insanity of the US healthcare system. I recall an article a few years ago about the google founders (?) paying for kids in San Francisco to get vaccinated. The comments were split between Americans praising the act and Canadians that were confused.
- mattkrause 7y agoFlu shots aren't necessarily free in Canada. They were $20 or so in Quebec if you weren't in an at-risk group. https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/advice-and-prevention/vaccination/flu-vaccination-program/cost/ https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/advice-and-prevention/vaccin...
- ChuckNorris89 7y agoEven in most of Europe you pay for the flu shots yourself or you can get it done cheaply at a free clinic with the downside of long waiting times or some companies will even bring in doctors to administer the vaccines to their employees for free on site.
- serpix 7y agojust got a free flu shot last week in Finland when visiting a nurse.