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The CDC will be taking steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses

The agency said that people at higher risk -- such as the immunocompromised and those over age 65 -- could choose to get a second booster shot before this fall.

On March 29, 2023, the Departments of Labor (“DOL”), Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and Treasury (the “Departments”) published FAQs Part 58 on the Families First Coronavirus...

The agency does call what’s coming to a transition to traditional health care coverage. It says many Americans will continue to pay nothing out-of-pocket for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Employers, may have some relief from some of the Affordable Care Act requirements to cover preventive care services without cost sharing under a nationwide injunction issued March 30, 2023, by a federal judge in Texas, ruling affects only the services and screening USPSTF

Following FDA regulatory action, CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on April 19 that older people and people with ...

Employers, at least for now, may have some relief from some of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements to cover preventive care services without cost sharing under a nationwide...

No objection to updated recommendations from ACIP members, but concern over certain gaps

The CDC updated and simplified its vaccine recommendations on April 19, 2023, and the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA bivalent COVID-19 vaccines should be used for all vaccinations in the US.