Indeed, the report says, most children who are not vaccinated "are eligible for free vaccine under the present system."

Many doctors and health-care experts say free vaccine will not solve the country's immunization problem.

This program provides free vaccines to children whose parents need help paying for them.

That is enough to cover all poor people in this country with free vaccine purchased by taxpayers.

Some families of 11- to 18-year-olds have been doing that, rather than wait for the free vaccine.

Doctors said that could increase the backlog for the free vaccine.

However, people who got free vaccine under a Medicare experiment for the last several years will have to pay for it this year.

All children should be able to receive free vaccine under "a universal program" with no income test, she said last month.

Why would you choose that place to give free vaccines?

It does not apply to children receiving free vaccines under State purchase programs or any other arrangement.