HR 5448 · in committee · significant
Protecting Free Vaccines Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Requires Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and private insurers to cover CDC-recommended vaccines without patient cost-sharing.
- Affects Medicare beneficiaries, Medicaid enrollees, CHIP participants, and people with private health insurance.
- Requirement takes effect immediately and expires on January 1, 2030.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would eliminating vaccine cost-sharing affect vaccination rates among different income groups and insurance types?
- 02
What financial impact would this requirement create for Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and private insurers between now and 2030?
- 03
Why does the bill set a 2030 expiration date rather than making the vaccine coverage requirement permanent?
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Sponsor · D-NJ-6
Frank Pallone, Jr.
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
72/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-09-18
Joining the bill
Richard E. Neal
D-MA-1 · original
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
D-VA-3 · original
Jake Auchincloss
D-MA-4
Kevin Mullin
D-CA-15
Doris O. Matsui
D-CA-7
Greg Landsman
D-OH-1
Kathy Castor
D-FL-14
John B. Larson
D-CT-1
Troy A. Carter
D-LA-2
Glenn Ivey
D-MD-4
Danny K. Davis
D-IL-7
Joyce Beatty
D-OH-3
+ 60 more
Legislative timeline
2025-09-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-09-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-09-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-09-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-09-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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