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Empowering Plans: P239 – The ACIP Case and What it Means for Health Plans

March 26, 2026

On this week’s Empowering Plans Podcast, Attorneys Jen McCormick and Nick Bonds talk through a federal district court case out of Massachusetts that has put a preliminary pause on vaccine recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) – and why the case has broader potential implications than it may initially appear. They break down what happened, why the court intervened, and what this means for self-funded health plans’ obligations under the ACA’s preventive care mandate.