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US health chief Kennedy targets vaccine injury compensation program
UNITED STATES, JUL 29 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program corrupt and inefficient and plans reforms after the fund paid $5.4 billion to 12,000 claimants since 1986.
- Kennedy said he is working with the Justice Department to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which he described as 'fundamentally broken.'
- Long before his HHS nomination, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was reported to have said he was asked to chair a government commission earlier this year and founded Children’s Health Defense to challenge the VICP.
- Kennedy said the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has devolved into 'a morass of inefficiency, favoritism, and outright corruption,' criticizing special masters as 'notoriously biased' and claiming the system prioritizes the HHS Trust Fund's solvency.
- By August 12, Kennedy dismissed all 17 CDC’s ACIP members, replacing them with eight vaccine skeptics, prompting CDC expert Fiona Havers to warn of public health risks.
- Kennedy said the U.S. will stop funding GAVI until vaccine safety is taken “seriously” and allocated $150 million to an Arizona law firm for expertise, despite its partner frequently suing vaccine makers.
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pledging a major overhaul of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), describing the system as fundamentally broken and failing its intended purpose.
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RFK Jr. lashes out at vaccine injury program, pledges changes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he is working to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which is aimed at compensating people who have been injured by vaccines. “The VICP is broken, and I intend to fix it. I will not allow the VICP to continue to ignore its…
US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said today that he will work to "fix" the program that compensates victims of vaccine injuries, under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
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