Jack, we can’t let Big Pharma get away with this.

Sign the petition to the Department of Health and Human Services: Stop COVID-19 vaccine price gouging.

SIGN THE PETITION
Over the last few months, COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer have announced plans to hike the price of the COVID-19 vaccine by over 400%. The decision would increase the price from $26 to $110-130 per dose, despite it costing only $2.85 to produce.

While Moderna and Pfizer continue to say the price gouging won’t impact consumers, experts argue that it will cost taxpayers billions of dollars in Medicaid and Medicare funding. People on private insurance can expect to see their premiums go up. Most significantly, the impact will be felt by those without health insurance. This type of corporate price gouging from Pfizer and Moderna will inevitably result in lower vaccination rates and increased risk to global health.

Pfizer and Moderna made record-breaking profits from the COVID-19 vaccine, but taxpayers funded the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. If pharmaceutical companies want to continue to callously threaten public health in an effort to price gouge life-saving products, the United States government has a responsibility to check them accordingly.

Sign the petition to the Department of Health and Human Services: Stop COVID-19 vaccine price gouging.

SIGN THE PETITION
Keep fighting,
Jayleen Alvarado, Daily Kos