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![Missouri allocated $11M for vaccine gift cards. Most health departments said no thanks](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2021/12/02/missouri-jab-giveaway.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Missouri allocated $11M for vaccine gift cards. Most health departments said no thanks
by
Betsy Ladyzhets and
Tessa Weinberg
As the delta variant ran rampant this summer, Missouri officials pleaded with the federal government to allow a $100 gift card program to incentivize COVID-19 vaccines. The problem: Hospitals largely weren’t interested.