Protecting Free Vaccines Act (ACIP Vaccine Coverage Without Cost-Sharing)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-08-14 — Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans: cross-connection with childhood-vaccine-recommendations: Changes to how childhood vaccine recommendations are set could interact with ACIP-linked coverage mandates that determine whether recommended vaccines are covered without cost-sharing. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-09-18 — Protecting Free Vaccines Act of 2025: cross-connection with chip-vaccine-no-cost-sharing: The Protecting Free Vaccines Act is the legislative vehicle establishing CHIP’s no-cost-sharing vaccine coverage requirement. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-09-18 — Protecting Free Vaccines Act: 2025-09-18 — HR5448 introduced and referred to Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce; would require Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and private insurers to cover ACIP-recommended vaccines (as of Oct 25, 2024) without cost-sharing through Jan 1, 2030. (novelty: 2)