OHIO: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Offered; Medicaid Will Cover the Vaccine Next Year

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OHIO: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Offered; Medicaid Will Cover the Vaccine Next Year

Dayton Daily News (12.28.06) - Friday, December 29, 2006
Anthony Gottschlich

Next week, the Ohio Department of Health will begin shipping Gardasil to local health departments across the state. The vaccine, recommended for girls as young as nine, targets four strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause most cervical cancers and genital warts. Medicaid recently approved covering the vaccine for its enrollees, beginning Jan. 1. Because HPV is the most common STD in the country, doctors recommend females receive the vaccine before they become sexually active. In Dayton, the Combined Health District of Montgomery County will charge $8 for the vaccine for Medicaid patients or patients without insurance, according to Health Commissioner Allene Mares. Others will pay $130.
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