> As with all things in the US healthcare system, nobody knows how much anything costs Once things are opaque one has to start wondering about motivations, fin

> As with all things in the US healthcare system, nobody knows how much anything costs Once things are opaque one has to start wondering about motivations, financial incentives and <groan> the underlying politics. Getting the vaccine into another wealthy & healthy child "for free" vs getting the vaccine into one poor & elderly adult ("but who will pay?") would appear to have very different outcomes, at least based on what we thought we knew about seasonal flu. The wealthy & healthy child might end up being off school for half a day less (maybe). It's almost certainly a bigger deal for the poor & elderly adult. Perhaps it's just a lot easier to convince the healthy & wealthy family to take their kids to the pharmacy and have the insurer (cough) foot the bill? Side note: the EU doesn't seem to be that keen on vaccinating healthy youngsters against seasonal flu[0] "The immunity that is elicited by influenza vaccines is not as long lived as the immunity following natural influenza infection. This is especially so for individuals in the so-called risk groups, hence people have to be vaccinated annually [..] The main strategy of immunisation programmes in Europe is to directly or indirectly protect the more vulnerable individuals" [0] https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/seasonal-influenza/prevention-and-control/vaccines/vaccination-strategies https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/seasonal-influenza/prevention-...