Saturday, November 22, 2008

ILLINOIS: Bill Calls for Insurance to Cover HPV Vaccine

On Tuesday, the Illinois House unanimously passed a bill requiring insurance companies to cover human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. It stopped short, however, of mandating the Gardasil vaccine for sixth-grade girls.

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