Doctors Are Selling Vaccine Exemptions in California. The State Is Coming for Them.

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7. Our practice is in the process of informing families...

...that if they do not wish to immunize, “Failure to agree to our vaccine policy will require you to transfer your care to a healthcare provider who shares your views.” We are part of an 11 practice consortium, and all 11 are going to be implementing this.

I don’t know how soon they are going to start dismissing people. There are going to be some pretty pissed off folks, as we have been fairly accommodating until now.

Also, we now have insurance companies deciding that they will not re-imburse certain immunizations unless these are accomplished by times that THEY decide are proper. This far, those include Hepatitis A completed by 23 months and Gardasil (HPV) by age 13. I emphatically do not think the insurance companies should be “calling the shots,” so to speak on immunizations that have a broader time table than they prefer.