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Doctors Were Allegedly Paid Up To $125 Per Patient To Administer The Covid Vaccine

People have long suspected that physicians were incentivized to give the coronavirus vaccine to their patients. It turns out the speculation may have been warranted all along.

By Gina Florio2 min read
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There have been many so-called conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic that turned out to be completely true. Mask mandates didn't actually stop the contraction and transmission of the virus. The Covid vaccine did in fact disrupt women's menstrual cycles and perhaps even their fertility, as reported by many women despite being gaslit by doctors. The vaccine also doesn't offer any more protection against the virus than having natural immunity. Information released from Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie now shows that doctors were allegedly incentivized to give the Covid vaccine to their patients.

Doctors Were Allegedly Paid Up to $125 per Patient To Administer the Covid Vaccine

Republican Representative Thomas Massie tweeted a graphic from Anthem Medical, an arm of health insurance company Blue Cross Blue Shield. Anthem is now officially known as Elevance Health as of 2022, but the document that Rep. Massie shared is labeled as Anthem Medical. The title is "COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Incentive program" and it claims that receiving the coronavirus vaccine is "one of the best and safest ways people can protect themselves and their families against the virus." The 2021 paper is addressed to physicians in Kentucky who regularly treat patients.

"As a participating practice in the COVID-19 Provider Vaccine Incentive program, we recognize your hard work by offering incentives for helping patients make the choice to become vaccinated," it reads. The COVID-19 Provider Vaccine Incentive program is open to primary care providers in Kentucky who have an Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicaid panel size of 25 or more members. There are several different ways for these physicians to qualify for a bonus.

"If your practice meets the below thresholds for vaccination with at least one dose by September 1, 2021, you will receive the initial incentive payment based on the following rates:

  • 30% Anthem members vaccinated — $20 bonus per vaccinated member

  • 40% Anthem members vaccinated — $45 bonus per vaccinated member

  • 50% Anthem members vaccinated — $70 bonus per vaccinated member

  • 60% Anthem members vaccinated — $100 bonus per vaccinated member

  • 75% Anthem members vaccinated — $125 bonus per vaccinated member"

This particular incentive payout was calculated on patients who "are newly vaccinated between September 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021." The graphic concludes with yet another payout scale. If 30% of Anthem members are vaccinated, the physician receives $100 bonus per newly vaccinated member, $150 bonus per member if 40% are vaccinated, $175 per member if 50% are vaccinated, $200 bonus per member if 60% are vaccinated, and $250 bonus per member if 75% are vaccinated.

This particular payout scale applies to Kentucky physicians in particular, so it's not possible to know how this applies to the rest of the country, but it's enough to know that doctors were being financially incentivized to administer a vaccine that was new to the market. Someone replied to Rep. Massie's tweet and said, "I get paid a commission on successes within my company too. One could say I get bribed as well?" Rep. Massie replied, "For this analogy to apply, the doctors would have to be working for the vaccine companies."

If doctors in Kentucky were incentivized in this way to vaccinate patients, physicians all around the country were likely rewarded for administering an experimental shot under the false pretense that it would stop the transmission of the virus. It's unclear what the incentives are today for doctors, but it's concerning enough that these were the financial rewards in 2021.