The panel's vote may also influence insurance coverage and a government program that pays for vaccines for low-income families, experts warned. The American Academy of Pediatrics and many public health officials support that decades-old practice. Doctors' groups and public health organizations have voiced alarm about Kennedy and his new panel. The move was heavily criticized by doctors' groups and public health organizations, and prompted a lawsuit by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other groups. The AAP and some others groups have issued their own vaccination recommendations, which disagree with recommendations put out by federal officials this year.