It's reportedly costing billions of dollars to treat hospitalized unvaccinated COVID patients

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16. also as booster mandates emerge, rolling swaths of the country will potentially be unvaccinated

We don't know what the exact schedule is but it appears that boosters will be a given eventually, as you see it happening in more progressive countries.

That means eventually the high-risk persons who got the first round of vaccines will become unvaccinated until they get their third dose. They still deserve medical care though because they are complying with the mandate as best that future vaccine distribution allows. The way this could be handled in the system is you visit the vaccine center at your scheduled time (say once a month), and as long as you accept whatever vaccine is available you are marked as compliant because you cared enough to do the right thing and keep your appointment. Think of it like a license plate tag that you need to renew monthly.

Only persons who are rejecting the mandate will be blocked from healthcare.