Once Again, Insurance Companies To Cover Routine Vaccines

The move certainly indicates that insurance companies believe vaccines are “safe and effective”.
Once Again, Insurance Companies To Cover Routine Vaccines
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By Susie Madrak — June 8, 2026

A group of insurers will continue covering routine vaccines through 2027 as the Trump administration once again takes aim at the shots and outbreaks of preventable illnesses such as measles and whooping cough lead to hospitalizations and deaths.

Experts told the Guardian that the move has raised questions ahead of the November midterms, but certainly indicates that insurance companies believe vaccines are “safe and effective”.

AHIP, the national trade organization representing the insurance industry in the US, announced at the end of May that its members will continue covering routine vaccines through 2027, an extension of a similar policy for 2026, after a halt to the controversial decisions made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip).

The industry group for insurance companies will cover shots through 2027. They "clearly choosing to cover vaccines because they know that they are safe and effective,” @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

— Melody Schreiber (@melodyschreiber.com) 2026-06-07T13:52:47.708Z

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

We illustrated their findings.

— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2026-06-05T01:00:05.620103801Z

https://bsky.app/profile/dbraende.bsky.social/post/3mnjclqjyd22a

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