When Gavin Newsom outsourced key components of California’s vaccine rollout to the private sector during the pandemic’s darkest days last winter, the Democratic governor promised the changes would benefit the most vulnerable.
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How the U.S. vaccination drive came to rely on an army of consultants
Private contractors cost taxpayers millions while demonstrating few clear results and papering over weaknesses in the country’s public health system
August 22, 2021 at 3:21 p.m. EDT