VICP - Vaccine Injury Compensation Program more

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VICA set up the VCIP

http://proliberty.com/observer/20050120.htm

The " medical malpractice " bill is reminiscent of the National Vaccine

Injury Compensation Act (VICA) passed in 1986. By 1986, juries were

awarding millions of dollars for injuries and deaths attributed to

the administration of federally-recommended vaccines. Vaccine

manufacturers lobbied Congress for passage of a bill that would

protect them from being held liable for damages caused by their products.

Under VICA, vaccine manufacturers that conform to federal standards

cannot be sued directly if their vaccines cause death or injury.

Instead, injured parties must petition the government to be

compensated for vaccine-related injuries per VICA. In essence, VICA

shifts the burden of compensation for vaccine damage from the vaccine

manufacturers to the taxpayers.

The result has been a dramatic increase in the number of vaccines

administered to children per government recommendations and epidemic

incidence of developmental, learning and behavioral disorders among

America's children. Vaccine manufacturers enjoy zero liability for

permanent and even lethal side-effects of their vaccines.

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http://www.whale.to/a/kops.html

Date: 1 November 2002

The Victim Friendly National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act:

You've Got to Be Kidding!

by Stanley P. Kops, Esq.

Anyone who has yet to engage in practice governed by the National

Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act, a step required for all

current vaccine injury and death claims as a condition precedent to

litigation in a private forum, should proceed with great caution. Though

the Congressional intent was to create a victim-friendly statute which

provided just and fair compensation quickly and without the

uncertainties and proof problems inherent in civil actions, frequent

practitioners under the Act are in virtually universal agreement that

the program, as it has evolved during the past decade and a half, is a

perversion of the Congressional intent.

more at webpage

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http://users.adelphia.net/~cdc/NVICP.htm