The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking action to require COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care settings that receive Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement, including but not limited to hospitals, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgical settings, and home health agencies.

In addition, the plan will provide paid time off for vaccination for most workers in the country.

The President’s plan will reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans by using regulatory powers and other actions to substantially increase the number of Americans covered by vaccination requirements-these requirements will become dominant in the workplace. But there are still nearly 80 million Americans eligible to be vaccinated who have not yet gotten their first shot. In Washington State, the weekly vaccination rate jumped 34% after the Governor announced requirements for state workers.Īll told, these efforts-and countless other Administration initiatives and policies-have resulted in over 175 million fully vaccinated Americans. After United Airlines announced its vaccination requirement, more than half of its unvaccinated employees went out and got vaccinated with weeks left to go before the deadline. Today, it stands at 72%, meaning half of Tyson’s unvaccinated workers have now gotten a shot-well ahead of the company’s November 1 st deadline. At the beginning of August, when Tyson Foods announced its requirement-only 45% of its workforce had gotten a shot. Since July, the share of job postings that require vaccination are up 90%. Since that time, employers, schools, nursing homes, restaurants, hospitals, and cities in all 50 states have announced new vaccination requirements.

The President announced vaccination requirements for the federal government in July and called on the private sector to do more to encourage vaccination as well. The Administration took steps to make vaccines available at over 80,000 locations nationwide, worked with pharmacies to offer walk-in appointments, and put out a call to action to businesses and organizations across the nation. COVID vaccines have been available to every individual age 16 and older since April 19 th and to those age 12 and older since May. Since January, the Administration has taken actions to make vaccination conveniently available to all.

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