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Secretary Kennedy
@SecKennedy
Thank you,
@robbystarbuck
for bringing attention to this update.
Government bureaucracies should never coerce doctors or families into accepting vaccines or penalize physicians for respecting patient choice. That practice ends now.
Under the Trump administration, HHS will protect informed consent, respect religious liberty, and uphold medical freedom.
Thank you
@DrOzCMS
+
@CMSGov
for your leadership on this issue.
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Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
Dec 31, 2025
Big change announcement for 2026: Doctors will no longer be financially punished if patients decline vaccines, including for religious reasons.
@SecKennedy + @CMSGov’s new directive says Medicaid & CHIP payments will no longer be tied to prenatal and childhood vaccine numbers.
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1:57 PM · Dec 31, 2025
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“This directional change coming from CMS is welcome,” said Mary Holland, CEO of Children’s Health Defense. “It helps to put vaccines back into the category of every other medical intervention, which is where they should be.”