Concierge health care provider One Medical has been allowing ineligible people to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Staff questioned what they saw as inappropriate, internal documents obtained by NPR show.
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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: An NPR investigation reveals that a major health care provider in the U.S. has been letting people jump the line to get COVID-19 vaccines. It s called One Medical. The company is part of a growing segment of America s health care system, a boutique primary health care provider that promises boutique service for an annual fee. One Medical went public last year and is now valued in the billions of dollars.
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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: An NPR investigation reveals that a major health care provider in the U.S. has been letting people jump the line to get COVID-19 vaccines. It s called One Medical. The company is part of a growing segment of America s health care system, a boutique primary health care provider that promises boutique service for an annual fee. One Medical went public last year and is now valued in the billions of dollars.
Internal communications leaked to NPR show that the provider is giving vaccine shots to people who aren t yet eligible. Tim Mak of NPR s investigations team has the story and joins us now. Good morning, Tim.