Alice Bobroff

NHVA is a not-for-profit voluntary corporation that helps to fund the purchases of vaccines in bulk at an approximately 30% discount to ensure that providers, clinics and hospitals have a reliable source of vaccines available. HB 524 would end NH's current system for providing crucial access to vaccines for children. This is paid for by insurance companies! They pay money into a central fund that buys vaccines for ALL children in the state. If this bill passes, doctors' offices would need to buy immunizations upfront and then bill insurance companies directly for children with private insurance, creating more work for doctors, patients, and insurance companies alike. Families would likely be required to pay co-pays. All Granite Staters benefit from widespread community immunity to diseases like tetanus, smallpox, and rubella thanks to vaccines. I oppose HB 524.