Nearly 3 in 10 adults in the United States have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. Although the toll on public health has been well-documented, increased hospitalizations also are also costing taxpayer-funded public insurance programs, as well as workers and businesses that pay health insurance premiums.
Real-time data on the aggregate cost of Covid-19 hospitalizations are not publicly available. Still, various sources point to an average hospitalization cost of around $20,000 per patient. Unvaccinated adults accounted for 37,000 Covid-19 hospitalizations in June and another 76,000 in July in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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