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Doctors Will No Longer Receive Financial Rewards for Vaccinating Kids, by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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doctos-no-rewards-vaccinating-kids. Photo source: By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., The Defender (Children's Health Defense), January 5, 2026

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., The Defender (Children’s Health Defense), January 5, 2026

Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., based in Athens, Greece, is a senior reporter for The Defender and host of “The Defender In-Depth” on CHD.TV.

 

In a Dec. 30, 2025, memo to state health officials, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it “does not tie payment to performance on immunization quality measures in Medicaid and CHIP at the federal level.” U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the new policy protects medical freedom and informed consent.

Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.The federal government will stop paying physicians based on the number of patients they vaccinate, and is urging state health agencies to stop using similar financial incentives.

In a Dec. 30, 2025, memo to state health officials, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said it “does not tie payment to performance on immunization quality measures in Medicaid and CHIP [Childhood Health Insurance Program] at the federal level.”

Under the new policies, CMS will no longer require states to report how many children are vaccinated, but states may continue to voluntarily provide the data. …