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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