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S. 2857 119th Congress Senate

Protecting Free Vaccines Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to require coverage of certain immunizations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices under the Medicare program, the Medicaid pr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require coverage of certain immunizations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices under the Medicare program, the Medicaid program, the Children's Health Insurance Program, group health plans, and health insurance coverage.

Introduced: September 18, 2025 Introduced by: Ron Wyden Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Sep 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5448 Protecting Free Vaccines Act
  • HR 6900 American Affordability Act of 2025
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 9

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 · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
    for MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY · Massachusetts · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • MASON CONSULTING, LLC
    for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · New Jersey · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
    for MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY · Massachusetts · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • MASON CONSULTING, LLC
    for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · New Jersey · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
    for MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY · Massachusetts · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Apr 29, 2026
 I
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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[S. 2857: Protecting Free Vaccines Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2857/)
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