This week, NCPA joined the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association, American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations in sending letters to some of the nation's largest health insurers and their trade association requesting that insurers maintain existing coverage for vaccines without increases or changes to patient cost-sharing. You can read the letter to the trade association, AHIP, here.
The letters share concerns about ongoing access to vaccines after changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The organizations emphasized that the science underpinning the role of vaccines in disease prevention remains unchanged. The letters urge insurers to continue to cover vaccines without imposing increased cost burdens for patients, unless there is clear evidence of harm or a high likelihood of adverse effects.
