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November 15, 2024Statement on the Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Lead the Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C. (November 15, 2024) — Yesterday, President-elect Trump nominated a world-renowned vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) is deeply concerned with his selection and urges members of the United States Senate to closely examine his background and his ability to […]
Press Releases
April 10, 2023AVAC Welcomes 118th Congress and Celebrates Vaccine Access Champions in Congress
Washington, D.C. (March 29, 2023) — The Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) applauds the Congressional leaders who have championed vaccine access for millions of American adults nationwide. Eight awardees were recognized at AVAC’s 118th Congress Welcome Reception held in Rayburn House Office Building for their ongoing support of common-sense policies that will raise adult immunization rates, […]
Press Releases Vaccine Infrastructure
August 16, 2022AVAC Welcomes Passage of Kuster Legislation To Lower Health Care Costs For Seniors
Concord, NH (August 11, 2022)–Today, ahead of tomorrow’s House vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) is highlighting the bill’s inclusion of her bipartisan legislation to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for vaccines for seniors. On Sunday, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes Rep. Kuster’s bipartisan Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act — a […]
Press Releases Reducing Financial Barriers
August 16, 2022AVAC Welcomes Passage of Inflation Reduction Act to Help Close Longstanding Gaps in Vaccination Coverage in Medicare and Medicaid
Washington, D.C. (August 12, 2022) — The Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) applauds the Senate and House of Representatives passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes key provisions that will close longstanding gaps in vaccination coverage in Medicare and Medicaid. We look forward to President Biden signing it into law. Until today, some Medicare and […]
Press Releases Reducing Financial Barriers
July 21, 2021AVAC Statement in Support of H.R. 550, the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act
The Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) commends the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for reporting out H.R. 550 the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act today. We thank Representatives Kuster and Bucshon for their leadership in spearheading this important legislation and the work of all the members of the Committee to advance the bill to the full House of […]
Press Releases Vaccine Infrastructure
March 19, 2021AVAC Releases Statement of Support for the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act
Statement in Support of the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021 The following is a statement regarding the introduction of the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021 [link] from Patricia D’Antonio, co-chair of Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) and the vice president of professional affairs for The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and […]
Press Releases Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
March 9, 2021AVAC Joins the UFW Foundation for a Vaccine Town Hall
On March 4th, the UFW Foundation held a virtual vaccine town hall that featured speakers from the FDA, USDA, and CDC to give transparency to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and answer questions from farm workers. The event was conducted in both English and Spanish to reach a broad audience and aid attendees best understand the […]
Press Releases COVID-19 Response
September 21, 2020CMS Announces Medicare Flu Campaign
CMS announces launch of 2020 flu season campaign, providing partner resources Agency strongly encourages vaccination of flu amidst COVID-19 pandemic to protect nation’s seniors Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services kicked off its 2020-2021 flu season campaign with new resources to encourage people with Medicare or other CMS health care programs to get […]
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September 11, 2020Hirono, Capito, Whitehouse Call on CMS to Make All Recommended Vaccines Accessible to Medicare Beneficiaries
August 14, 2020 Hirono, Capito, Whitehouse Call on CMS to Make All Recommended Vaccines Accessible to Medicare Beneficiaries WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) along with Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues in a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
Press Releases Reducing Financial Barriers
September 3, 2020AVAC is Pleased to Support the Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act
August 17, 2020 Press Release The Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act responds to an alarming decline in immunization rates for life-saving vaccines WASHINGTON— Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Kathy Castor (FL-14), and Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02) introduced new legislation to reverse the dangerous decrease in vaccination rates, which have plummeted during […]
Press Releases COVID-19 Response
November 9, 2007AVAC Is Excited to Support the Protecting Seniors through Immunization Act
Thursday, November 9, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Mazie K. Hirono and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) and Representatives Gene Green (D-Texas) and Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) introduced the Protecting Seniors through Immunization Act (or “Shingles Prevention Act”)—bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would eliminate Medicare Part D beneficiaries’ out of pocket costs for the shingles vaccine and raise […]
Press Releases Reducing Financial Barriers