The doctor described admin fees as insurance companies saying, “thank you for giving this shot,” by paying pediatricians per-vaccine.

With kids now receiving record numbers of shots and his practice seeing around 30 to 40 newborns each month in addition to jabs for older kids, Dr. Thomas’ staff estimated his office was losing around $1 million while grossing $3 million every year due to vaccine refusal.

“It is very expensive to run a pediatric office; it’s a huge operation. So, you cannot stay in business if you’re not giving pretty close to the CDC schedule. It just doesn’t pencil out economically at all,” he said.

This is likely the main reason why every office pushes the growing list of CDC-recommended shots on American kids despite an increasing number of parents opting out of the bloated vaccine schedule.