Senate Democrats Question HHS Over Delayed Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other top Senate Democrats sent a letter to CDC Director Erica Schwartz and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. questioning an apparent delay in making COVID-19 vaccines available to low-income children through a federal program. The lawmakers are seeking answers about why access through this program has stalled and what HHS plans to do to restore timely vaccine availability. The letter does not specify a response deadline in available reporting. Low-income children who rely on federally funded vaccine access programs, often coordinated with state Medicaid and CHIP populations, are the primary group affected by any delay.
State Medicaid and CHIP agencies should monitor whether federal vaccine distribution delays create gaps in EPSDT-required immunization access for low-income children.
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