Ochsner Health, Louisiana's largest nonprofit health care system, says it will charge employees enrolled in its 2022 health care benefits program a fee for spouses and domestic partners who are not vaccinated against Covid-19.
The fee is similar to what has been in place for tobacco users and is in line with the benefits offered by other health care organizations and companies, Ochsner's President and CEO Warner Thomas said in a statement this week. "This is not a mandate as non-employed spouses and domestic partners can choose to select a health plan outside of Ochsner Health offerings.
Some US governors say Covid hospitalizations are going down but warn of what could come next if more people don't get vaccinated"We know that COVID-19 vaccination dramatically reduces transmission, severity of symptoms, hospitalizations, and death," the statement added."Widespread vaccination is critical to stopping the spread of COVID-19, and we hope this change will encourage even more community members to get vaccinated."Roughly 65.
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