{"id":7899,"date":"2025-09-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=7899"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:00:00","slug":"listen-as-kids-head-back-to-school-parents-sort-out-confusion-over-vaccine-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=7899","title":{"rendered":"Listen: As Kids Head Back to School, Parents Sort Out Confusion Over Vaccine Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines-for-children\/php\/awardees\/current-cdc-vaccine-price-list.html\">Measles. Chickenpox. Meningitis.<\/a> Many vaccines can run more than $100 a dose out-of-pocket. Jackie Forti\u00e9r tells WAMU\u2019s \u201cHealth Hub\u201d how Trump administration changes to the federal vaccine guidelines could make some routine shots too expensive for families.<\/p>\n<p>Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, replaced the members of a federal vaccine advisory committee in June. The committee plays an important role in recommending vaccines, and its guidance influences the coverage decisions insurance companies make.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News reporter Jackie Forti\u00e9r appeared on WAMU\u2019s \u201cHealth Hub\u201d on Aug. 27 to explain why <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/pediatric-vaccinations-rush-medicaid-coverage-loss\/\">confusion over federal immunization policy<\/a> has left parents and pediatricians uncertain about future access to childhood immunizations, especially for those on Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\/\">KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>USE OUR CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This story can be republished for free (<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/hospitals-insurers-contract-dispute-patients-coverage-in-limbo\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN: Measles. Chickenpox. Meningitis. Many vaccines can run more than $100 a dose out-of-pocket. Jackie Forti\u00e9r tells WAMU\u2019s \u201cHealth Hub\u201d how Trump administration changes to the federal vaccine guidelines could make some routine shots too expensive for families. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, replaced the members of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}