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Former Congressman Proposes Giving $1,500 Stimulus for COVID Vaccine

As the holidays are quickly approaching, many Americans are hoping for the possibility of a second round of stimulus checks in the near future.

John Delaney, entrepreneur and former Democratic congressman for Maryland, has proposed exchanging the $1,500 checks as an incentive to get people to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Delaney told MSNBC, "The faster we get 75 percent of this country vaccinated, the faster we end Covid and the sooner everything returns to normal." He added, "We have to create, in my judgment, an incentive for people to really accelerate their thinking about taking the vaccine."

Congress has yet to approve another round of stimulus checks, with Democrats currently advocating for $900 billion as a starting point, and Republicans wanting something around $500 billion. Delaney's proposal would be estimated to be around $380 million, which he believes is the best option for getting things back to normal.

He explained, "The faster we get 75% of this country vaccinated, the faster we end Covid and the sooner everything returns to normal, which means we don’t need any more programs. So if you can only spend $400 billion, this is what you should spend it on."

Source: CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/03/1500-stimulus-checks-for-covid-19-shots-how-one-plan-would-work.html)

Another bold prediction of mine is that universities might require its students to receive a COVID vaccine in order to be in class or they might have to sign some sort of exclusion wavier.

Not something that is needed in Western worlds where hospitals are abundant and a vaccine is within reach for people. Makes me think for a moment, is the Coronavirus vaccine free for people who live in the US?

Of course it's free. After the $18k you spent on insurance, $2500 deductible, and 30% copay, just like all the awesome free healthcare things that we have here.

Vaccine doses purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars will be given to the American people at no cost. However, vaccination providers will be able to charge an administration fee for giving the shot to someone.

Paying people to take a rushed vaccine seems like sliding down a slippery slope to catastrophe.  I feel like we're in the opening scene for a great zombie apocalypse movie.  What type of precedent is being set here?  Maybe soon we'll start paying people to die younger as a way to fight the shortcomings of social security?   Thoughts?

Heh. Well, I'm pretty sure that the coronavirus vaccine is actually going to be free though. Though administrative charges *rolls eyes* are allowed See the CDC quote and link below:


Administrative fees...... Guess we'll get to see what that looks like in the coming weeks / months.

thats the standard 'clause' to appease the pill mill doctors that charge for everything.
the good thing though. the vaccines will be given by proper hospitals/medical facilities. so pill mill doctors wont be handed a fridge full of vaccine to dispense.(well they shouldnt)
after all pill mill doctors just hand out prescriptions for profit.

so relax. the main hospitals/proper medical facilities dispensing vaccines should not charge people
and if you are being advertised a vaccine from your local pill mill at $$. dont take it. they just want to charge you for a piece of paper to then go to a proper medical facility to get a free vaccine.
.. they may advertise it as a 'queue jumper script'. but stil not worth it. so dont pay it

Well that's the thing for some people, even in 'legitimate hospitals' they'll still find ways to pull as much money as they can from them as possible and they can't afford that. Administrative fees could be something in the realm of $30-50, which is what the CDC is saying as of right now (can't find where I saw this, though I did)

no. hospitals wont send patients a bill.
hospitals charge the government/insurance company.
insurance companies do allow for vaccines for free

in america medical insurance companies are willing to pay this $30-$50 because its far cheaper to pay upto $50k for 1000 people than to not.. because by not they then later have 400 asking them for mild symptom meds and 150 that require hospital care/intensive care. as those costs to the insurance company would be more than $50k

Yeah that's not how it works in the US. Hospitals (if someone is unlucky enough to get the vaccine in a hospital) will definitely send massive bills for everything except perhaps the vaccine itself, so $10k - $10 = $9990 billed to the patient. Pharmacies that usually do vaccines for flu etc often subsidize those as loss leaders... not sure if that's going to work for COVID-19 though.

Insurance companies don't "allow" shit. If by some miracle they make it "free" it will be rolled into next year's premiums.


If that's how it worked, the US would be the healthiest nation in the world. But it isn't. Go figure. It's almost as if the for-profit healthcare and insurance industries found ways to make money off sick people.

Yeah that's not how it works in the US. Hospitals (if someone is unlucky enough to get the vaccine in a hospital) will definitely send massive bills for everything except perhaps the vaccine itself, so $10k - $10 = $9990 billed to the patient. Pharmacies that usually do vaccines for flu etc often subsidize those as loss leaders... not sure if that's going to work for COVID-19 though.

Insurance companies don't "allow" shit. If by some miracle they make it "free" it will be rolled into next year's premiums....

Some things Franky should really shut up on. This is why the US cannot succeed with socialized medicine, the established power structures would bleed people dry. It'd be 120% for them not for the people.

Regardless, what Trump said was the vaccine would be free, but when I saw the list of operations that would be dispensing it, like CVS and Walgreens, it's hard to believe that. Maybe if you present an insurance card, then it's 0 copay. Maybe. But a lot of people are never, every going to pay 35 or 50$ or any sum for this flu shot.

Paying people to take a rushed vaccine seems like sliding down a slippery slope to catastrophe.  I feel like we're in the opening scene for a great zombie apocalypse movie.  What type of precedent is being set here?  Maybe soon we'll start paying people to die younger as a way to fight the shortcomings of social security?   Thoughts?

... But a lot of people are never, every going to pay 35 or 50$ or any sum for this flu shot.

Some things Franky should really shut up on. This is why the US cannot succeed with socialized medicine, the established power structures would bleed people dry. It'd be 120% for them not for the people.

Regardless, what Trump said was the vaccine would be free, but when I saw the list of operations that would be dispensing it, like CVS and Walgreens, it's hard to believe that. Maybe if you present an insurance card, then it's 0 copay. Maybe. But a lot of people are never, every going to pay 35 or 50$ or any sum for this flu shot.