As of 2019, 65 percent of pregnant women were not getting flu shots and Tdap vaccines recommended by federal health officials, according to the CDC.
Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., have jointly backed the bills, shared first with The 19th News.
The first bill would require Medicaid to cover all federally recommended vaccines for women during pregnancy without any out-of-pocket costs. The second would require the U.S. government to provide states with resources to improve vaccination rates and implement a data collection system for perinatal vaccinations among Medicaid recipients.
Learn more about the bills here.
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