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Fragmented Policy, Insurance Landscape Challenges Newly Approved Vaccines

Drug Topics

Innovation in the vaccine area continues. In 2023, the FDA approved six vaccines, including several important firsts. But they face a difficult landscape where federal policies dictate coverage.

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Socioeconomic Disparities Persisted Alongside Improving Vaccination Rates In US Over 11-Year Period

Drug Topics

Findings indicating that socioeconomic disparities widened gaps in vaccination timeliness signal the need for increased efforts to promote timely vaccination among children from families with lower income and those without private insurance.

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Insurers take cue from providers, begin requiring vaccines for employees

Fierce Healthcare

Insurers take cue from providers, begin requiring vaccines for employees. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 12:32.

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Are COVID vaccines still free?

The Checkup by Singlecare

During the COVID-19 pandemic, broad immunization was key, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided funding for free vaccines. That means people had to rely on their insurance plan for coverage. How much does the COVID vaccine cost without insurance? Yet in 2023, federal funding ceased.

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Insurers argue that they're not to blame for snags in COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Fierce Healthcare

Major payers promised to iron out snags involved in the rollout of the ne | Insurers cite some obstacles not in their control that contributed to problems with the rollout of the new COVID-19 vaccine.

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Opinion: Close a regulatory loophole in the ACA to provide vaccine access for all Americans

STAT

It expanded access to affordable, quality health care, and today is helping 45 million people — the highest total on record — be covered by health insurance.

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STAT+: In about-face, Moderna vows Americans won’t have to pay for its Covid-19 vaccine

STAT

In an unexpected shift, Moderna has decided not to ask Americans to pay for its Covid-19 vaccine, a move that follows intense criticism over initial plans to charge $110 to $130 per dose after the company pivots from government contracts to commercial distribution. “Everyone in the U.S.

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