Protecting Free Vaccines Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced
Summary
Would require no-cost coverage for vaccines that the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended as of October 25, 2024, across major federal and employer health plans through the end of 2029. It ties coverage to ACIP listings and limits updates to changes approved via supplemental biologics applications.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Free vaccines for Medicaid and CHIP
If enacted, Medicaid and CHIP would have to cover vaccines ACIP recommended for the child or individual as of October 25, 2024 with no cost-sharing. This protection would run from enactment through December 31, 2029. Medicaid would treat these vaccines and their shots as medical assistance and list them as pregnancy-related services. States could not put people into benchmark plans that leave out these vaccines or charge extra. For pediatric vaccines, changes that remove a shot after October 25, 2024 could not be applied through December 31, 2029.
No-cost recommended vaccines for insured
If enacted, group and individual health plans would have to cover vaccines ACIP recommended for you as of October 25, 2024 with no copays or deductibles. This would apply to employer plans (including self-funded and ERISA plans), market issuers, and related tax-covered plans. The rule would run for plan years on or after enactment and before January 1, 2030. Shots given sooner than the minimum recommended interval would not have to be free.
Protect prior vaccine coverage for Medicare
If enacted, for Medicare Part D plan years on or after enactment and before January 1, 2030, plans would treat the most recent ACIP recommendation that applied before a revocation as controlling for that individual. This would protect a beneficiary's coverage if ACIP later revokes a recommendation on or after October 25, 2024. It also covers vaccines updated under approved supplemental applications on or before October 25, 2024.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
OR • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
VT • I
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 4/29/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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