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Adult Vaccination Barriers Dr. Poland
Adult Vaccination Barriers Dr. Poland
Adult Vaccination Barriers Dr. Poland
There is insufficient
Medicare reimbursement.
Most adult vaccines now
are under part D; this is a
disaster, and it is
counterproductive. There is
progress being made
though. We don't have what
the pediatricians very
successfully designed and
had, a "vaccines for
children" program. We don't
have the equivalent for
adults, particularly for
uninsured and underinsured
adults. There is a
hodgepodge of coverage by
private insurers, and we
lack public health and
legislative leadership on
something that's killing
60,000 of our citizens every
year.