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Oregon and West Coast partners act to preserve vaccine access after federal policy changes
Summary
Oregon Health Authority briefed the committee on federal disruptions to vaccine-policy bodies and described the West Coast Health Alliance actions and state steps (Medicaid coverage guidance, insurer bulletin, pharmacy protocols) to keep COVID‑19, flu and RSV vaccines accessible without new consumer costs.
Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathy and State Epidemiologist Dean Seidlinger told senators that abrupt federal changes this summer—from HHS announcements to ACIP membership upheaval and FDA shifts—created confusion about who is eligible for vaccines and how they are covered.
"When this federal administration began flouting the science and gutting the CDC, the governors of Oregon, California, Washington, and Hawaii came together to chart a different course," Hathy said, describing the West Coast Health Alliance's consensus recommendations for COVID-19, influenza and RSV vaccination that align with major…
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