CMS to cover second COVID-19 booster without cost to eligible individuals
Medicare and Medicaid will cover a second Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 booster at no cost to eligible enrollees, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today. Health care providers participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s also must provide authorized COVID-19 vaccines at no cost to recipients.
On March 29, the Food and Drug Administration authorized and CDC recommended a second Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for adults aged 50 and older at least four months after an initial booster dose. The agencies also authorized and recommended a second Moderna booster dose for certain immunocompromised adults, and a second Pfizer booster dose for certain immunocompromised individuals aged 12 or older.