CDC, pharmacies try to speed up Covid vaccine program for the uninsured

Key Facts

• The CDC estimates that as many as 30 million uninsured or underinsured people will need to pay out of pocket for the Covid vaccine for the first time this fall.
• Biden health officials are now attempting to finalize contracts that would allow pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens to offer the shot to uninsured Americans as early as mid-September, when the government plans to make an updated version of the vaccine available to the broader public.
• Biden officials expect the FDA and CDC to greenlight the updated vaccine in time to make them widely available as early as the third week of September, potentially leaving less than a month to finalize the contracts for the uninsured.
• The CDC estimates that as many as 30 million uninsured or underinsured people will need to pay out of pocket for the Covid vaccine for the first time this fall, after the government’s Covid public health emergency expired in May.

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