Vaccines

Pediatricians Say Rising Vaccine Costs Are Putting Children At Risk

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 25th, 2007

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is alarmed that the soaring costs of vaccines combined with lower reimbursements from insurance companies will lead to the under- immunization of the nation's children and unnecessary outbreaks of preventable diseases.

"Childhood vaccines are among the greatest medical breakthroughs of the last century and are vital to growing up healthy," said AAP President Jay E. Berkelhamer, MD, FAAP. "However, the system for delivering vaccines is broken, and we're going to be in real trouble if it's not fixed soon."

Pediatricians spend tens of thousands of dollars and must frequently wait months before payment by payers...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2007-04-25)

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