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Kennedy, who has long expressed skepticism about the safety and efficacy of certain vaccines, said the move signals a broader shift in federal vaccine development priorities.

“The rapid pace of consolidation across emergency medicine raises critical questions about care quality and physician employment,” said Dr. Angela G. Cai, lead study author and assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

“This is the largest rate change insurers have requested since 2018, the last time that policy uncertainty contributed to sharp premium increases,” the report said.

More than half of insured adults were told by their health insurance plan in the past year that their medication for a chronic or rare disease was no longer covered.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday announced that he has introduced legislation that would repeal health care cuts included in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

It’s the latest move in HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to diminish the value of vaccines.