How medical groups may preserve vaccine access -- and bypass RFK Jr.

[Swede]

Professional medical societies, pharmacists, state health officials and vaccine manufacturers, as well as a new advocacy group, are mobilizing behind the scenes to preserve access for vaccines as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to upend the nation’s decades-old vaccine system, according to public health experts.

The groups are discussing ordering vaccines directly from manufacturers and giving greater weight to vaccine recommendations from medical associations. And they are asking insurance companies to continue covering shots based on professional societies’ guidance instead of the federal government’s, according to more than a dozen people familiar with the conversations, including some who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share private discussions.

The moves come as Kennedy has replaced members of the key federal vaccine advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that decides which vaccines are recommended for whom and whether they’ll be covered by insurance. Kennedy fired the 17-member committee earlier this month and handpicked eight new members, several of whom are vaccine critics.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06/24/vaccines-access-rfk-cdc/

[ananda]

1. The question is: will they be affordable?

As of now, most vaccine costs have been covered
by some entiry or combination of entities.

But.. if there is no fed involvement, no Medicare
or insurance coverage, then I'm having trouble
seeing everyone having access to them...

although I wouldn't mind being wrong about this.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Maybe that's what he's up to. Selling off health care to private equity.

[SARose]

3. Adult Safety Net

The Texas Department of State Health Services set up a program called Adult Safety Net (ASN) to assist adults without health insurance in getting vaccinated. This helps protect them from diseases that vaccines can prevent. It's crucial for adults to get vaccinated not just for their own health but also to prevent spreading illnesses to others, especially young kids. If you're 19 or older and uninsured, you can access these vaccines at a low cost, typically up to $25 per vaccine. However, if you are unable to pay, you can still get the vaccine. But if you already have insurance coverage, you're not eligible for this program.

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Uninsured children in Texas have a program, too. But how much Federal money finances this program? Would the State fund it 100%?
Probably not but due to ongoing measles outbreak?

What about a nationwide Go Fund Me campaign?

Get churches involved?

Food banks?

My Mother participated in the Mother’s March of Dimes to collect money for polio research.

Ya know if these folks want to end safety net programs for our most vulnerable population, they best be prepared to open their wallets. Or face the Wrath of Khan! 🤭

[Mister Ed]

4. I imagine insurance companies can save themselves a lot of money by covering vaccines.

It must be a lot cheaper for them to pay for a vaccine than to pay for the care of a patient with a severe case measles, for example.

[rampartd]

5. i hope this works

but rfk et al are determined to kill us.

[Silent Type]

6. Believe vaccines will continue, despite Kennedy's BS. Too much science behind them.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. K&R