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Merck's free vaccines good news for the uninsured.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 29-JUN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Merck's free vaccines good news for the uninsured.(Healthcare Mississippi)

Article Excerpt
The drug company giant Merck's decision to provide free vaccines for the uninsured is especially good news in Mississippi.

"Removing financial barriers to access to life-saving vaccines for poorer adults is important," said Walter A. Orenstein, M.D., director of the Emery Program for Vaccine Policy and Development. "This program is a bold step to try to assure that tower-income adults can receive the benefits vaccines have to offer."

The program is important anywhere there are uninsured people, but it is especially helpful in Mississippi because of the low average per capita income, said Dr. Sander Feldman, professor emeritus of pediatrics and the retired chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the University Mississippi Medical Center.

"For the vaccines Merck makes, and there are a lot of them, there is good potential for people to be vaccinated who wouldn't otherwise," Feldman said. "The vaccines they have are good vaccines and will have a...

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