The US government is ending the program that provides free COVID vaccines to people who are uninsured and underinsured.
This is a public health failure that will further decrease already low vax rates, and puts marginalized communities at greater risk.
I just had to spend 2 hours fighting over the phone to get Bridge Access at CVS, and was 100% denied at walmart.
CVS's automated system said B.A. Is still active but auto declines us, and we had to call and get the ACTUAL pharmacy tech to MANUALLY run us through the system for it to work. 1/2
I have a lot to say about Australia's response to COVID, but when it comes to free tests, vax, and antivirals, I am deeply grateful for the luck of being born here.
itβs all about what they prioritize
they fund what Their Donors tell them to fund
if they wanted to fund us weβd have national health insurance and zero corporate welfare
So frustrating. They made such a mess of it and was so confusing in the beginning that most people gave up, then they act like nobody wanted them so ending it early. π