Should Governments Use Cash Incentives To Nudge People To Get Vaccinated?
Despite some analysts advocating cash for jabs scheme, such policy may not viable in context of coronavirus misinformation. In the healthcare sector, money incentives to steer the public into making better choices have grown more and more popular. Insurers and companies have been dishing out dollars to nudge people to take their meds, give up bad habits, and hit the gym.
But if such incentives are championed in normal times, might the same strategy be sound for promoting the use of vaccines against coronavirus, the largest healthcare crisis of the modern era?
The pandemic has undoubtedly motivated new behaviours, altering people’s lifestyles and the way businesses make payments as they adapt to the new normal.
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