S 2857 119th Congress Senate Health

Protecting Free Vaccines Act of 2025

Introduced: September 18, 2025 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sep 18, 2025

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Free Vaccines Act of 2025

This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of October 25, 2024. The requirement ends on January 1, 2030.

What's happening now September 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related & companion bills 2

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · New Jersey · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
for MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY · Massachusetts · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
VACCINATE YOUR FAMILY
for VACCINATE YOUR FAMILY · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · New Jersey · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
VACCINATE YOUR FAMILY
for VACCINATE YOUR FAMILY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

Cosponsors 2

Merkley, Jeff

Oregon · Apr 29, 2026

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · Sep 18, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2857: Protecting Free Vaccines Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2857/

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"S. 2857: Protecting Free Vaccines Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2857/.

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S. 2857, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2857/.

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