Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a sweeping investigation into industry schemes and incentives relating to the vaccination of children. Paxton’s office believes these schemes have “illegally incentivized medical providers to recommend childhood vaccines that are not proven to be safe or necessary,” a press release explains.
The investigation specifically seeks to assess the framework behind encouraging children to receive as many as 70 vaccinations by the time they are 18 years old. The assessment will further examine if pediatric medical providers, insurance companies, vaccine manufacturers, or other entities failing to disclose financial incentives for vaccinating children.
“I will ensure that Big Pharma and Big Insurance don’t bribe medical providers to pressure parents to jab their kids with vaccines they feel aren’t safe or necessary,” Paxton said in a statement. “Alongside President Trump and Secretary Kennedy’s significant efforts to ensure safety when it comes to childhood vaccines, my office will fight to protect kids’ health and uphold transparency in the medical industry. Together, we will Make America Healthy Again.”
He noted that Texans “deserve to have full faith in the recommendations of their medical providers—particularly when it involves the health of their children. I will not tolerate a ‘carrot and stick’ approach to healthcare recommendations. Any provider or entity whose medical guidance is fueled by financial incentives from an insurance company, Big Pharma, or otherwise will be exposed.”
Paxton’s office previously investigated COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers as well as companies misusing fluoride in children’s products as part of deceptive advertising.
In August 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video that his agency discovered that “doctors are being paid to vaccinate, not to evaluate. They’re pressured to follow the money, not the science.”
