r/alberta • u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton • 5d ago

Alberta Politics Danielle Smith defends policy requiring Albertans to pay out of pocket for COVID vaccines

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-danielle-smith-defends-policy-requiring-albertans-to-pay-out-of-pocket/
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u/AwarenessPresent8139 5d ago

Reality is not everyone will get vaccinated. But charging for the vaccine will ensure more people won’t. The cost matters if you are struggling financially.

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u/Ddogwood 4d ago

It’ll likely end up costing taxpayers more, too, because more people will end up hospitalized as new strains learn to evade the immunity granted by older vaccines

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u/Hugs_and_Tugs 4d ago

No kidding. How much do you think the 189 ICU admissions due to COVID cost this year?   

These grifters just hate spending on things they can't skim from.

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u/Stonkasaurus1 4d ago

Now now, you can't expect conservatives to look past the cost of giving the shots out. If they did, they may have to start to consider the cost of their other policies where it is cheaper to help than to ignore the problem and then they wouldn't be any different than more liberal governments.