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. (Tribune News Service) Before the coronavirus vaccines had even been proven to work, the United States scrambled to pre-order hundreds of millions of doses. The government has paid billions to Pfizer, Moderna and other vaccine makers so that every person in the country can get vaccinated free of charge. It doesn’t matter if you’re uninsured, undocumented, don’t have a regular doctor or a driver’s license. In the interest of taming the pandemic, the government did away with some of the biggest barriers people often face in accessing health care. Industry analysts and patient advocates are keeping a close eye on what happens next: If, once the federal health emergency has ended, the government stops bulk-buying the vaccine, costs could go up and people who are uninsured may be at risk of going without. Or perhaps the government’s approach to COVID-19 vaccination could lead the way to drug price reform that would allow federal programs, such as Medicare, to negotiate

United statesLarry levittJen katesMurray aitkinFranka damelioStacie dusetzinaDepartment of health policy at vanderbilt universityInstitute for human data scienceVeterans affairsKaiser family foundationTribune news serviceKaiser familyHuman dataHealth policyAffordable care actஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில்