Source: Modern Healthcare
Insurance companies will continue to uphold current vaccine coverage standards, a trade group representing the country’s largest insurers has pledged.
“While health plans continue to operate in an environment shaped by federal and state laws, as well as program and customer requirements, the evidence-based approach to coverage of immunizations will remain consistent‚” America’s Health Insurance Plans said in a statement.
The group said all recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of Sept. 1, 2025 will be covered cost-free through the end of next year, including for COVID-19 and flu shots.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all members of ACIP in June and installed new members whose views more closely align with his. The advisory committee is scheduled to meet again Sept. 18–19, with former CDC officials anticipating that the panel will recommend delaying the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, according to KFF Health News.
