Covid-19 vaccines “you can get all”.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. When the health minister testified on September 4th, some members of the Senate accused him of restricting the launch of Covid-19 after promising in November.
“Did you have a big sign that you were lying when you said that?” Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Asked Kennedy.
August 27, FDA has been updated Covid Vaccine guideLimit the risk of serious cobid infections for those who are approved to receive updated shots for people over 65 years old and those with at least six months of basic health.
Kennedy was pushed back. “Anyone can get a booster,” he later added, “It is not recommended for healthy people.”
Warren said, “If it is not recommended, in many states that the result is that you cannot enter a pharmacy and get one. It means that the insurance company does not need to cover $ 200.”
Warren and Kennedy continued to talk about each other by discussing the possibility of the vaccine.
Kennedy said, “It depends on the United States.” “But they still can get it. Everyone can get it. Everyone can get it, the Senator.”
Health and human service departments requesting evidence August 27 posts In Kennedy’s social platform X, “This vaccine is available for all patients who have chosen after consulting doctors.”
Kennedy’s blanket statement is misleading and early for senators.
According to the current guidelines, healthy people under 65 years of age may need a doctor’s prescription to get a gun. If you receive a prescription successfully, you may need to pay your copayment.
In addition, whether the vaccine can be obtained from the pharmacy and whether the insurance is applied is greatly dependent on the vaccine panel that has not been issued so far.
Regardless of age, most Americans can easily make promises at local pharmacies for vaccines for their own expenses, and the current state of the current state is no longer guaranteed in the 2025-26 season.
Limited approval, no guidance
The approval of the FDA is not the only step in the process of providing the vaccine to the public.
The Immune Practice Advisory Committee, a panel of independent experts who guide the vaccine policy, did not vote or present current guidelines. In general, disease control and prevention center Panel.
And the guidelines affect the scope of insurance coverage and vaccine approach. Federal law requires most health insurance plans. Cover it completely Vaccine recommended by CDC. Part It also requires these recommendations before the vaccine is protected without prescription in the pharmacy.
On June 9, Kennedy fired all 17 people from CDC’s vaccination advisory committee. Some replacement With the new members, many people expressed their anti -barsine views. CDC Director SUSAN MONAREZ Laid down August 27th about what Monarez described Dispute on vaccine policy.
According to the CDC website, the advisory panel is as follows. I will meet From September 18th to 19th.
Access depends on the condition
People in the FDA approval group must be able to book vaccination as soon as they receive supplies in the next few weeks.
Even if you are in the approved group, you can get covid shots every week. According to the law, certainist pharmacies cannot be administered only as a doctor’s prescription until they cannot provide vaccines or become a CDC vaccine advisory panel. Recommendations are issued.
Despite 18 states and Washington, DC, the FDA has been approved for some groups, “The pharmacist cannot manage it because it is not yet on the CDC vaccination schedule. I told Politifact before.
As of September 4, Walgreens and CVS’s scheduling apps informed patients in some areas that they could not book a Covid vaccine promise due to the necessity of main restrictions, inventory or prescriptions.
‘Off Label’ prescription
People who are not in the FDA’s approved group are not prohibited to obtain the Covid vaccine itself. But to approach the vaccine, you may need a sailing barrier.
Doctors can legally prescribe coved vaccines for those who are out of the FDA category.
It is true for adults and children. And the practice of prescribing drugs and vaccines for the use of “non -labels” is quite common in William Schaffner, a professor of medical center at the University of Vanderbilt. I said before Politifact.
To do this, you must keep and pay the doctor’s promise and find a doctor and will be willing to be willing to prescribe.
According to the ACIP guidelines, the pharmacist can be vaccinated by the process of “people who are not in the FDA approval group.”Shared clinical decision. ”
For example, “I was 52 years old and good for my health, but nevertheless, if I want to receive a vaccine, I can discuss with clinical decision -making and receive a vaccine,” Schaffner said.
The pharmacist is considered a clinical trial to make a joint decision, Grobes said.
But if there is no CDC recommendation again, “I don’t know if the provisions still exist,” Schafffner said.
I’m waiting for CDC
The scope of insurance coverage for vaccines is still in the air and is greatly different to what CDC recommends.
For people of the FDA approval category, the scope of insurance is more possible. But if CDC recommendations include providing vaccines to healthy people through the clinical decision -making process, the insurance company will generally respect it, Schaffner said.
The covid vaccine is about $ 142 CDC price tag. It is not clear if it is not the cost of the person who receives the covid vaccine that does not apply.
Our ruling
Kennedy said, “Everyone can get the old cobid vaccine.”
The FDA has limited the groups of qualified people in the Covid vaccine, which has already reduced the availability of the pharmacy in some states. Those who are not in the group do not fit the gun, but are likely to face additional barriers. For example, people may need a doctor to prescribe the vaccine for “label”, which makes the process more difficult and potentially costly.
Kennedy’s blanket is also in early.
The CDC vaccine panel did not announce the recommendation for the vaccine. The group’s guidelines can affect the access that can be purchased without insurance coverage and prescription.
The statement contains elements of truth. The vaccine was not banned, and some were approved to get it. But it ignores the important facts about the barriers that others can face when they approach and pay. We mostly evaluate it as false.
Politifact staff writer MADISON CZOPEK contributed to this report.
Our source
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