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The US government paid about $27 per dose and is also willing to pay $40 to the person that puts the shot in your arm if your insurance doesn’t cover it fully.
by OldHand2018 5y ago
The US government paid about $27 per dose and is also willing to pay $40 to the person that puts the shot in your arm if your insurance doesn’t cover it fully.
Two shots costs about $130. If you fly to the US and spend any reasonable amount of money, the government has come out ahead with all the taxes you’ve paid on your spending, especially since you need to stay a full month to get both shots.
This isn’t a scandal, and people shouldn’t feel bad about it.
- saganus 5y agoDo you really need to stay a full month? I thought people would fly, get the shot, then fly back home until it's time to get the second one. Otherwise it seems like it would be very expensive, might need to go back to work, etc.
- OldHand2018 5y agoI’m not sure exactly how that would work. Aren’t there required quarantine periods on both sides? There are a lot of taxes built into the price of the flights, so it would probably still be “profitable” to the US if that is all you did. You’ll need transportation to and from the airport, you’ll probably need to eat a meal or two, etc. And if half the people stay for a month and make a vacation out of it, that more than covers the other half that fly in and out. The cynic in me says that government officials did the math and figure that it is a great economic boost to allow people to fly in and get a “free” vaccination. I mean, seriously, the government bought something like 2 billion doses for a population of 350 million. Around me, the Pfizer shot seems to be most common, and wherever you go will schedule your second dose for three weeks later. If you get a Moderna shot, they schedule you for four weeks out.