MedCity News October 13, 2020
Medicare doesn’t currently cover drugs approved under emergency use designations. But CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the agency was coming up with a plan to make sure Medicare beneficiaries were covered once a coronavirus vaccine is developed.
Most of the nation’s attention is currently focused on the development and approval of a coronavirus vaccine. But there are still many hurdles to getting a working vaccine to patients — from the logistics of transporting a vaccine that might need to be refrigerated, to having enough glass vials to contain it. And for some, there’s the lingering question: Will it be covered?
U.S. officials have said they expect private insurers to cover the cost of a vaccine with no co-pay for patients....