- The changes to the routine vaccination schedules come after pharmaceutical companies revealed plans to drastically increase the costs of the products.
- Pfizer President Angela Lukin announced in October that the firm would charge between $110 and $130 per dose, although the treatment will be available at no cost to Americans with private or government insurance.
- The price hike will render the doses several times more expensive; the federal government bought 105 million doses for $3.2 billion in one deal, implying a cost of roughly $30 per dose.
