The new shots will cost around $201.99 for uninsured patients paying out of pocket at CVS, spokesperson Amy Thibault told Healthbeat.
They will still be free for Marketplace and Medicare enrollees and for uninsured, underinsured and Medicaid-eligible kids under the Vaccines for Children program. CVS said the shots should be free under most insurance plans at in-network pharmacies.
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Federal funding for Covid-19 vaccinations has long run dry. When Covid-19 vaccines hit the commercial market last year, the CDC’s Bridge Access Program offered a temporary solution for uninsured and underinsured adults, providing roughly 1.5 million free Covid-19 vaccines. The program was expected to run through December, but is ending months early.
Dr Tran is posting that a lot of people are currently being turned away/ forced to pay out of pocket @cvs. They’re being told the new vaxx aren’t eligible for the bridge program, one store has said the program ended mid August.
