“Once we have a safe and effective vaccine, it should be free for everyone, whether you are insured or not.”
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Independently verified. Biden made this 2020 pledge and, as President, delivered it: through the American Rescue Plan (signed March 2021) the federal government purchased all COVID-19 vaccines and funded their administration, making them free to everyone regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. When vaccines moved to the commercial market in fall 2023, HHS/CDC launched the ~$1B+ Bridge Access Program to keep them free for uninsured/underinsured adults through community health centers and pharmacies (CVS, Walgreens, eTrueNorth). The core promise -- 'free for everyone, whether insured or not' -- was fully kept for the rollout and sustained for the uninsured thereafter. FULL (not CHAMPIONED) is correct because the promise was actually enacted, not merely led. The 0.9 (not 1.0) confidence correctly reflects that the Bridge Program was temporary and ended in August 2024 due to a lack of Congressional funding -- a funding lapse, not Biden declining to act. Party-neutral check: a president of either party who signed legislation delivering a promised universal free benefit would earn FULL under the same standard. All three prior-rating sources were re-checked and found real, live, and accurately quoted; the KFF quote was confirmed verbatim via WebFetch.
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