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MASSACHUSSETTS has joined with other states to MANDATE that insurance companies PAY FOR ALL VACCINATIONS &
PLEASE: everyone one posting is active & innvolved! Please sign any PETITION to protects us. Participate with CIVIC SHOUT, JUGGERNAUT PROJECT, THE SMILE, DEMAND PROGRESS & ANY SITE THAT OFFERS SIMPLE PETITIONS. PUBLIC CITIZEN is circulating this: https://act.citizen.org/page/87802/petition/1 SCOTT DWORKIN has a SUBSTACK created the WATCHDOG COALITION & offers a great deal of LINKS to protest: For all contact Congress links, or to volunteer, you can go here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-the-watchdog-coalition NEW: Tell Congress: Demand Kennedy Resign: https://tinyurl.com/2324bmrh NEW: Tell Congress: Demand answers about Trump’s visibly deteriorating health: https://tinyurl.com/sk9xm38v Tell Congress: Protect our use of voting by mail: https://tinyurl.com/bde676xm Tell Congress to push back on Trump’s DC takeover: https://tinyurl.com/2jpp94yk Tell Congress to support law to unmask ICE: https://tinyurl.com/bp8cau82 Tell Congress save the National Weather Service: https://tinyurl.com/bdbur8df Tell Congress to investigate the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case: https://tinyurl.com/4pfh2p4f Links to everything we are doing: https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/how-were-fighting-trump OUR LOCAL NPR STATION WBUR OFFERED THIS NOTE THAT PHARMACIES IMMEDIATELY STEPPED UP: Governor's orders: COVID-19 boosters will remain widely available in Massachusetts this fall. Despite the changing federal vaccine policies, Gov. Maura Healey announced several steps yesterday to ensure the shots are covered for local residents who want them. The announcement came as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, clashed with U.S. senators during a congressional hearing over his recent changes at the CDC. "We will not let Donald Trump or Robert Kennedy get in the way of patients and the care and the treatments ... they want and need," Healey told reporters back at the State House in Boston. Here's what to know: What exactly did Healey change yesterday? Two things. First, her office directed local health insurance companies to continue to fully cover vaccines recommended by the state's Department of Public Health, even if the CDC's coming recommendations don't go as far. It's a step no other state in the country has taken. And it has support from Massachusetts' major health insurers, like Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans. Second, DPH updated its regulations to allow pharmacists to administer routine vaccines recommended by the state, rather than only what's recommended by the CDC. That change comes after recent reports that CVS and Walgreens were limiting access to COVID shots due to previous rules, which led DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein to issue a standing order to allow pharmacies to give COVID shots to anyone 5 and up. "Essentially, what this means — and the commissioner is a doctor — he wrote a prescription for every Massachusetts resident that covers everyone in this state," Healey said. Which vaccines does it cover? It's not just COVID. Healey's office says the insurance rules apply to other seasonal vaccines like flu and RSV, as well as routine shots for kids, such as measles, mumps, chickenpox and Hepatitis B. When can people get it? Pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens will begin scheduling appointments and administering the new COVID shots today, Healey said. She thanked the pharmacies for moving "quickly over the past week." What's next? Healey said her administration is also working with other states in the Northeast to coordinate "science-backed" vaccine recommendations, and collaborate on disease testing, monitoring and emergency preparedness. The regional approach is similar to a vaccine recommendation alliance announced Wednesday by Washington state, Oregon and California. " We'll have more to say about this shortly as we move forward," Healey said. Tune in: Healey is scheduled to be live on WBUR's Here & Now today around noon to further discuss the state's vaccine access plan.
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