America Is on the Cusp of a Two-Tier #Vaccine System
#Poor kids will be hardest hit by #RFKJr's #AntiVax crusade.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc
As far as sticker price goes, the recommended #vaccines for #kids in the #UnitedStates do not come cheap. The #hepatitisB shot, given within the first hours of life, can be purchased for ~$30. The #rotavirus vaccine costs $102 to $147 a dose. A full course of the vaccine that protects against #pneumonia & #meningitis runs about $1,000.
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Virtually all #children receive these shots for free. The #FederalGovernment legally requires most #insurance to cover the roughly 30 different shots for kids, without a co-pay. Kids who are on #Medicaid or who don’t have insurance coverage can get free shots as well, thanks to a #CDC program known as #Vaccines for Children.
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Among #PublicHealth experts, #VFC, as it’s commonly known, is widely seen as an unmitigated success. After the program was created in 1994, “#disease went down, & life was a lot simpler for the #families,” Anne Schuchat, a former top #CDC official, said. Roughly half of American children are eligible to receive #vaccines through VFC.
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That ease & simplicity may be about to change. This week, the #CDC’s #ACIP — which guides #US #vaccine policy—convened for just the second time since #RFKJr fired the entire panel & appointed new members, some of whom lack vaccine expertise or have expressed #AntiVax views (or both). The meeting was chaotic, contentious, & plagued by indecision. But the votes it got through…point toward a shifting, more fractured landscape for kids’ #access to #vaccines.
Thursday, #ACIP voted to remove the joint #MMRV #vaccine from the childhood-immunization schedule for #children under 4, & instead recommended that kids get 2 separate shots: one for measles, mumps, & rubella, & another for varicella. Friday, the panel also voted to remove the combination shot from the #VFC program. Both votes were motivated by a concern about the *safety* of the vaccine…
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…one group would bear the brunt of the changes more than others: children on #VFC. Some parents opt for the convenience of a single shot, & those who are covered by private #insurance may still be able to get it. Although private insurers will no longer be required to cover the joint #MMRV #vaccine free of charge, they are already pledging to continue with business as usual….
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On Tues, #AHIP, a lobbying group representing the #HealthInsurance industry, announced its members will continue to cover shots under the pre #ACIP vaccine schedule until end of 2026.…Parents could, hypothetically, also pay for #vaccines out of pocket. The disproportionately #poor children covered by #VFC do not have the same wiggle room. What shots they can get for #free, & when, are directly tied to ACIP’s recommendations.
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Hasn't that always been the plan, look at lack of healthcare for all, the COVID response, and now the worm brain anti vaccine show.
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@Nonilex Christofascist way of killing off the "poor," who, their minds do not deserve to live. They only care about fetuses, not people.
It is all about how much suffering they can cause, because those who suffer are not gawd's chosen elite. 🙄
I hate #calvinism .
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