(AJMC) In a session presented at America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP’s) National Health Policy Conference, federal health officials and health plan representatives highlighted successes of the country’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccine rollout, placing particular emphasis on the role equity plays in distribution. On a national level, the CDC is pursuing this goal via the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program “in which we’re supporting hundreds of local and community based organizations to improve COVID-19 vaccination coverage among racial and ethnic groups,” said Nancy Messonnier, MD, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) at the CDC.