Re: VICP Legislation Update

[Guest guest]

Dear Sallie,

Thanks for posting this. I'd like to add that I appreciate the work y'all

are doing so much--but I think we need to make sure we are including ALL the

kids. My son is left out of this picture because he was born in 1980, but

he was still mercury poisoned. So can you work with the legislators to make

sure those of us with older children also have recourse?

Thanks so much for your help!

Barb

[ ] VICP Legislation Update

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> As you know from the Action Alerts that NVIC has been sending out over

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> the past three weeks, we and the parent organization members of our

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> working with Congress to improve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

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> While we have not been in agreement with all of the provisions in the bill

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> that bill and create meaningful reforms to the VICP. For us, meaningful

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> reform must include access by all of the children injured after the 1986

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> law's implementation in 1988 to the federal compensation system and the

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> protection of access to the civil justice system that will serve as a

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[Guest guest]

Barb:

When the VICP went into effect in 1988, there was a " window " during

which pre-1988 cases could file for injuries. Obviously, that window is

now closed, so under the current law, those injured prior to 1988 can't

file. In the current VICP legislation now being negotitated, there is a

plan to allow a filing for any injury listed on the vaccine injury table

without a statute of limitations and there is an alternative plan to

only allow for injuries going back 10 years. Obviously, the former plan

is preferrable. However, both plans depend on getting an injury listed

on the table. Getting listed is a corrupt and dishonest process right

now. Basically, getting listed is at the sole discretion of the

Secretary of the Dept of Health & Human Services, and they have zero

inclination to list anything and in fact have made concerted efforts to

get injuries (backed by good science) de-listed. The table injury

listing process is also an area of disagreement under the current

negotiations.

SB

romkemas wrote:

>Dear Sallie,

>Thanks for posting this. I'd like to add that I appreciate the work y'all

>are doing so much--but I think we need to make sure we are including ALL the

>kids. My son is left out of this picture because he was born in 1980, but

>he was still mercury poisoned. So can you work with the legislators to make

>sure those of us with older children also have recourse?

>

>Thanks so much for your help!

>Barb

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[Guest guest]

So where do we go from here?

Re: [ ] VICP Legislation Update

> Barb:

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> When the VICP went into effect in 1988, there was a " window " during

> which pre-1988 cases could file for injuries. Obviously, that window is

> now closed, so under the current law, those injured prior to 1988 can't

> file. In the current VICP legislation now being negotitated, there is a

> plan to allow a filing for any injury listed on the vaccine injury table

> without a statute of limitations and there is an alternative plan to

> only allow for injuries going back 10 years. Obviously, the former plan

> is preferrable. However, both plans depend on getting an injury listed

> on the table. Getting listed is a corrupt and dishonest process right

> now. Basically, getting listed is at the sole discretion of the

> Secretary of the Dept of Health & Human Services, and they have zero

> inclination to list anything and in fact have made concerted efforts to

> get injuries (backed by good science) de-listed. The table injury

> listing process is also an area of disagreement under the current

> negotiations.

>

> SB

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> romkemas wrote:

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> >Dear Sallie,

> >Thanks for posting this. I'd like to add that I appreciate the work

y'all

> >are doing so much--but I think we need to make sure we are including ALL

the

> >kids. My son is left out of this picture because he was born in 1980,

but

> >he was still mercury poisoned. So can you work with the legislators to

make

> >sure those of us with older children also have recourse?

> >

> >Thanks so much for your help!

> >Barb

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