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Concierge health care provider One Medical allowed patients who were not eligible and those with connections to the company s leadership to skip the COVID-19 vaccine line ahead of high-risk patients. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
A national health care provider has administered COVID-19 vaccinations to people deemed ineligible for the scarce vaccine by local health departments, including people with connections to company leaders and customers of its concierge medical service, according to internal communications leaked to NPR.
San Francisco-based One Medical has been allocated thousands of vaccine doses by local health departments in some of the areas it provides medical services. Ineligible individuals with connections to company leadership were set up with vaccine appointments, and patients who were disqualified from receiving th
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