Children
One of the most striking developments in this year’s The State of Health Care Quality Report is
the contrast in performance on childhood vaccinations rates between commercial and Medicaid
populations. The vaccination rate declined by almost four percentage points among commercial
enrollees while it actually improved by nearly three percentage points among Medicaid plan
members. Information obtained by NCQA from medical societies and Federal research agencies
indicates that their data show similar shifts.Why would a twenty year old study on Autism, cause only those with health insurance to opt out of a few vaccines? There is no evidence to support the bogus assertion in your OP. Again, vaccination coverage levels vary slightly from year to year. The same article, using one segment of the population (those on medicaid) could tout in increase in vaccine coverage.
Also "Federal Research Agencies" like the CDC do NOT show "similar shifts," whatever that means. The CDC's comprehensive surveillance, once again shows RECORD HIGH VACCINATION COVERAGE LEVELS.
From the CDC -
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/16/news/la-heb-childhood-vaccinations-20100916September 16, 2010 - "U.S. immunization rates for the most common childhood vaccines continue to remain near or above the target level of 90% coverage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday."Bottom line, Wakefields 1998 study is not causing a decline in vaccination coverage to spite what Paul Offit (vaccine profiteer and AAP adviser) is shoving down our throats this week, in order to stifle debate and discussion.