Gore Defends Free Vaccine Program
The nation’s poor record in child immunization makes it essential that the government continue to offer free vaccines, Vice President Al Gore said Sunday after a report that Republicans hope to kill the program.
Gore, appearing on ABC-TV’s “This Week With David Brinkley,” said the Administration would be willing to make changes to improve the Vaccines for Children program established by President Clinton in 1993.
A government report issued earlier this month criticized the program for mismanagement and ineffectiveness.
Now congressional Republicans are reportedly looking into dismantling it and letting the states run vaccine programs.
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