The COVID-19 Uninsured Program: Nearly 39 Million Vaccine Doses Were Funded, 2020-22

Health Aff (Millwood). 2024 Jul;43(7):979-984. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00977.

Abstract

The COVID-19 Uninsured Program, administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), reimbursed providers for administering COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured US adults from December 11, 2020, through April 5, 2022. Using HRSA claims data covering forty-two states, we estimated that the program funded about 38.9 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, accounting for 5.7 percent of total doses distributed and 10.9 percent of doses administered to adults ages 19-64.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • COVID-19 Vaccines* / economics
  • COVID-19 Vaccines* / supply & distribution
  • COVID-19* / prevention & control
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunization Programs / economics
  • Male
  • Medically Uninsured* / statistics & numerical data
  • Middle Aged
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • United States
  • United States Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines