Recent Improvements to Medicaid Vaccine Access

Gaps in vaccine coverage have hindered our nation’s disease prevention efforts and put millions of Americans needlessly at risk of becoming sick or dying from vaccine-preventable diseases. Thankfully, state Medicaid programs are beginning to implement new policies to expand vaccine access for millions of low-income adults by eliminating cost sharing and covering all Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-recommended vaccines under Medicaid.