Primary Care Providers Bribed to Push COVID-19 Shot, Says Congressman

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said Thursday night that primary care providers were “bribed to suggest you should take the COVID vaccine.”

Massie shared a document from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicaid detailing an incentive program to get individuals inoculated against COVID-19.

“The COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Incentive program is open to you if you are a participating Kentucky primary care provider with an Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicaid (Anthem) panel size of 25 or more members. All Anthem members identified as receiving COVID-19 vaccination services are included in the methodology. Vaccine results will be determined by a COVID-19 vaccine claim or by confirmation from the Kentucky Vaccine Registry,” the document read.

The document describes how primary care providers could receive a bonus for COVID-19 inoculations.

“If you practice meets the below thresholds for vaccination with at least one dose September 1, 2021, you will receive the initial incentive payment based on the following rates:,” the document read.

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

“The final incentive payment is calculated based on members who are newly vaccinated between September 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021,” the document read.

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

30% Anthem members vaccinated =  $100 bonus per newly vaccinated member

40% Anthem members vaccinated =  $150 bonus per newly vaccinated member

50% Anthem members vaccinated =  $175 bonus per newly vaccinated member

60% Anthem members vaccinated =  $200 bonus per newly vaccinated member

75% Anthem members vaccinated =  $250 bonus per newly vaccinated member

Your primary care provider was bribed to suggest you should take the COVID vaccine. pic.twitter.com/sjXSfiojSt

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 14, 2023

Here’s the incentive program from Anthem:

When you will receive your bonus

The first payment will be sent by electronic funds transfer or check based on the payment method used for claim reimbursement. Please allow 7 to 10 business days to receive payment. If you have not received it within that timeframe, reach out to a Provider Experience Consultant at 800-205-5870, option 3. The second payment will be generated on or before January 31, 2022.

Visit https://providers.anthem.com/kentucky-provider/communications/covid-19-updates for more information about the COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Incentive program. We greatly appreciate your partnership and look forward to working with you in the future.

Our friends at The Gateway Pundit had more info about these COVID-19 jab incentive programs across the United States.

All throughout 2021, US states also used incentives to push COVID-19 vaccination.

“Twenty-seven states including the District of Columbia (53%) offered at least 1 lottery, guaranteed cash payment, and/or scholarship incentive to the general public, covering 55% of the US population. Twenty-one states (41%) offered 2 or more incentive types. We identified 24 lottery programs in 23 states (45%), 19 guaranteed cash payment programs in 12 states (24%), and 23 scholarship programs in 19 states (37%),” according to research published in JAMA Network.

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Twenty (83%) of 24 Democrat-led states offered at least 1 lottery, guaranteed cash payment, and/or scholarship incentive vs 7 (26%) of 27 Republican-led states. Twenty-six (96%) of the 27 states with incentives implemented at least 1 non-incentive COVID-19 mitigation policy vs 15 (63%) of the 24 non-incentive states.