RFK Jr. says he has a team working on changes to the vaccine injury compensation program

[lostincalifornia]

"Health secretary is seeking to change the way vaccine injuries are reported and how people are compensated for them

WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has assembled a team that he says will work on ways to expand a federal program aimed at compensating people who have been injured by vaccines, though his power to make big changes without congressional action is unclear.

“We just brought a guy in this week who is going to be revolutionizing the [National] Vaccine Injury Compensation program,” Kennedy said in an interview with Tucker Carlson posted Monday. He later added that an entire team had been convened.

“We’re looking at ways to enlarge the program so that Covid vaccine-injured people can be compensated … we’re looking at ways to enlarge the statute of limitations,” Kennedy told Carlson. "

https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/01/rfk-jr-team-vaccine-injury-compensation-program-covid-shots-congress/

[Lovie777]

1. Please stop it.....

[sop]

2. RFK Jr. has made millions of dollars in referral fees from anti-vaccine lawsuits against drug manufacturers.

At a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned Kennedy about his conflicts of interest, and his record of profiting from anti-vaccine conspiracies.

"At Hearing, Warren Slams RFK Jr. for Dangerous Conflicts of Interest, Profiting From Anti-Vaccine Conspiracies...Kennedy could profit from anti-vaccine lawsuits he can influence as Health Secretary...Warren: 'Kennedy can kill off access to vaccines and make millions of dollars while he does it...Kids might die, but Robert Kennedy will keep cashing in.'"

"Mr. Kennedy has made nearly $2.5 million in referral fees from the law firm Wisner Baum. Mr. Kennedy receives a 10% contingency fee in these cases if the plaintiffs win, and his ethics agreement indicates he will continue to receive these payments even if he is confirmed as HHS Secretary. However, during his confirmation hearing, Mr. Kennedy initially appeared to agree to not accept any compensation from lawsuits against drug companies while serving as HHS Secretary, stating, 'Well, I will certainly commit to that while I'm Secretary.' He then backtracked and did not clearly commit to ending this arrangement — through which he can profit off of anti-vaccine lawsuits even if he is confirmed as HHS Secretary."

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/at-hearing-warren-slams-rfk-jr-for-dangerous-conflicts-of-interest-profiting-from-anti-vaccine-conspiracies

[biophile]

3. This could be a good thing

It’s rare but people do actually get damaged from vaccines. If it becomes easier for those truly injured to be compensated, fewer people would resist getting relatively safe vaccines in the first place. You cannot sue vaccine manufacturers directly; it goes through a vaccine court. It’s an arduous and expensive process so unless you are wealthy like the Polings (Hannah Poling case), then you are stuck living with the economic and health consequences on your own.

[purple_haze]

4. Happened to me as a kid

I haven't been able to get a vaccine in nearly 50 years.

[biophile]

5. Glad the source was recognized and addressed

Many doctors will absolutely not consider reactions as valid. Good luck

[purple_haze]

7. Thank you

I appreciate it. Effect was largely respiratory, closing of the trachea and inflammation of the lungs, and as a toddler I was in the ER three times and placed on inhaled steroids each time (one of them nearly killed me according to my mother).

Fortunately I haven't died just yet

[Skittles]

8. I think their goal is the exact opposite

to make more and more people distrust vaccines

[Initech]

6. I want all of these assholes hauled out of the White House in handcuffs now!