Pediatricians Are Rapidly Losing Incentives to Offer Vaccines

Pediatricians Are Rapidly Losing Incentives to Offer Vaccines

Ask most pediatricians about the finances of vaccines, and they’ll tell you that vaccines are not a big moneymaker. Providing them might generate some profit, but generally, “the margin you make is exceptionally small,” Robert Lillard, the medical director of the Cumberland Pediatric Foundation, told me. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., without citing specific evidence, has claimed otherwise—that vaccination generates massive profits for …