Arizona Senate passes bill targeting doctor pay for vaccine rates amid measles surge

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: March 11, 2026

Words: 708

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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An Arizona senator and vaccine skeptic says legislation she proposed would help unvaccinated children get access to health care, but her bill doesn’t address the reason that many pediatricians’ offices say they won’t treat unvaccinated kids.

Sen. Janae Shamp, a vaccine skeptic who says she was fired from a nursing job for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, said on the Arizona Senate floor Tuesday that it was time to end incentives for doctors to turn …

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