Vaccination rates for adults are lower across the board.

Our mandate is to build a stronger and more equitable public health system, and today's hearing, Madam Chair, and these bills, is an important step.

This legislation would ensure that Medicare beneficiaries are not charged out-of-pocket costs when receiving a vaccine through Part D.

However, recent news about the Biden administration's support for waiving IP patents for COVID-19 vaccines is extremely alarming to me.

I would also like to thank Chairwoman Eshoo for her leadership and her partnership in introducing H.R. 3743 together.

The comprehensive collection of bills we are considering today would make significant enhancements to vaccine coverage for adults and children in Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program.

Research has also shown that, despite the vaccine being available free of cost... 59 percent of Hispanic adults have reported concerns about having to pay out-of-pocket costs to get the vaccine.

There are significant disparities in vaccination rates by age, gender, race, ethnicity, and economic status.

This bill is an important continuation of our work to address the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis in America.

This program provides vaccines to low-income children by extending eligibility and boosting incentives for providers to participate in the program.

Increasing immunizations in the U.S. will promote longer, healthier lives, while saving billions of dollars in healthcare costs.

We must do more to reduce incidence of all vaccine-preventable disease.