pediatrician LAN LEDWashington DC advised parents about the calendar of vaccines, the safety and side effects of vaccinations.
But he said that this year’s conversation has changed.
Falusi said, “For the first time, newborn parents ask if the baby can continue to receive the vaccine in the future.
Pediatrics say they are interested in whether unstable parents from all over the country will continue to approach their children’s everyday vaccines. The most anxious is those with children in Medicaid, a government program that provides medical insurance for low -income families and people with disabilities.
Medicaid accounts for four out of 10 children in the United States.
“When RFK JR. took the position of the Minister of Health and Welfare (HHS), the problem actually occurred.” Deborah greenhouseSouth Carolina Pediatrics.
Concerns increased in June after restructuring. Main advisory agency Vaccine of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC). Millions of families are afraid that in the near future, vaccines that are currently covered by medical insurance should pay their pockets.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Minister of Health and Welfare Service, has dismissed 17 members of the ACIP (Advisory Committe of Immunization Practices), which is known as a known reflexive examiner, which is a national prevention for children and adults. It is a group that recommends vaccines that should be included in the inoculation calendar.
Kennedy replaced the panel members as a new member related to his opinion that created an alarm between medical and public health experts.
Jennifer Tolbert, the deputy director of the Medicade program and the KFF medical insurance, said, “People must worry about the possibility of children’s vaccines.
Current medical insurance companies according to the low price medical law (ACA) They have a duty It covers all the vaccines recommended by ACIP. In addition, the state and other jurisdictions use the children’s vaccination calendar to set the student’s vaccination requirements.
ACIP recommendations also determine the vaccines that are guaranteed by the Children’s Vaccine (VFC) program, which provides free doses to children in low -income families and a CDC without medical insurance is funding.
Half of the country’s children deserve this program.
If the new member of ACIP withdraws the support for a particular vaccine and the director of the CDC agrees, Tolbert said. “This will automatically affect what vaccines are guaranteed, and therefore it can be used for beneficiaries of Medicaid,” he explained.
The insurers have not yet told you how to modify the coverage yet, but Tolbert said that it would open the door to a personal health plan that would refuse such measures to cover the vaccine.
Pediatrics are concerned that in the future, parents should choose to pay hundreds of dollars in their pockets or to prevent their children from being protected.
That role AHIP, the National Association for Grouping the medical insurance industryHe said, “We will continue to meet the federal requirements related to the application of the vaccine recommended by ACIP and continue to support a wide range of approaches to important preventive services, including vaccines.”
Pediatrics also say that President Donald Trump’s news on new budgets is expected to reduce Medicide spending to about $ 1 billion over the next decade.
Indeed, they may worry about losing Medicaid, but Tolbert warns that the law does not mention the vaccine, does not change the qualifications or children’s medical benefits. But less federal finance means that the state must make a decision on who will continue to guarantee and what kind of service to provide.
In order to secure the funds needed to pay Medicaid, the state can increase taxes and allocate funds to other areas, such as the education or prison system. But perhaps they chose to reduce their spending on Medicaid.
“You can do so by reducing the qualifications of the chosen population, reducing the options that are optional, or reducing the payment to the supplier.” “It’s not clear how this will develop, and it can be different for each week.”
Kennedy in June Published on X This CDC is no longer recommended for vaccines for covid-19 in pregnant women. measurement It caused a lawsuit By the American Pediatrics and other doctoral associations who want to stop the Kennedy guidelines.
In the month, Kennedy’s new member of ACIP voted to recommend that adults and children are no longer accepted with the flu vaccine with Timerosal, a preservative that is rarely used in the flu vaccine.
Van Bakua activists, including Kennedy, did Expression of timer, There is no scientific evidence that supports the relationship, but it is associated with autism.
Emily Hilliard, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said in a statement that “there is no reason to be concerned.” “As Kennedy declared, if the approved vaccine decides to receive it, no one will be denied access to the licensed vaccine.”
“The ACIP Committee reaffirmed that when the ACIP Committee met in June, the flu vaccine would be maintained and within the coverage, while he stressed the security that the vaccine was not included in the vaccine.
“Vaccine programs of children continue to provide vaccines for Covid-19 free of charge to children who meet the requirements when parents, suppliers and patients think that vaccinations are appropriate. Medicaid will continue to repay the management cost.”
However, the possibility that the vaccine is not limited or applied is already changing how parents deal with exemptions. In the Falusi office, it is a match for children’s qualification requirements, sometimes birthdays by programming promises for vaccination.
New Mexico, pediatrician Melissa MasonI attended some patients who contracted measles during many states that started in Texas.
He is concerned that a new limit for vaccination is derived from more diseases and death.
According to the CDC, more than 1,300 measles have been recorded nationwide since January. “We are seeing this onset because the vaccination rate is too low and measles can spread to the community.”
Children and adolescents represent 66%of measles, representing CDCs. Mason about this began to provide measles vaccines for two years ago in the federal guidelines.
Last year, kindergarten’s general vaccination rate They went down from the countryThe number of children with exemption from school vaccinations continued to increase.
Mason fears that if access to vaccines is limited, the community believes that 61%of children are in Medicaid, especially in states such as New Mexico, especially in New Mexico.
Raine cough, another disease that can be fatal to young children, is also spreading. According to CDC July 5th More than 15,100 cases have been confirmed. Mason explained that people’s cough is especially dangerous to a baby too small to receive vaccines.
Currently, pediatricians are trying to emphasize urgency without causing panic in the population.
In Columbia, South Carolina, the greenhouse provided a flexible age group for everyday vaccines.
A pediatrician said, “I don’t say that anymore.”
Now the doctor recommends a quick vaccination that allows parents to vaccinate their children.
Many of them asked him if the HPV vaccine was helpful. Prevent cervical cancerYou can manage children of the recommended age of 9 years old.
Greenhouse said, “In fact, today’s parents asked if children from 7 or 8 years of age could receive HPV vaccines.” I had to answer that it was not allowed. “
Since the vaccine requires a few doses every few months intervals, the greenhouse is concerned that the family is over to cover the series with health insurance. Some families can decide not to buy a second dose if they need to pay in their pockets. If you are no longer insured, the second dose can be costly around. $ 300.
“I can’t be 100% safe about what the future of this vaccine will be,” Greenhouse said. “What I can say is a very scary situation.”
The Vaccine Advisory Committee is expected to appoint a minister of Kennedy recently and follow his next time. Public meeting August.
