April 27, 2023
Zachary Stieber of Epoch Times reports on April 18, 2023, that the “United States has for the first time paid people who were injured by COVID-19 vaccines. Three people received compensation for their injuries through the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), run by an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, officials said in a new update”.
The amounts as reported by Health Resources and Services Administration were paid to three individuals in the following amounts:
- $2,019
- $1,582
- $1,032
Steiber continued:
- “The manufacturer of the vaccines was not made public” and “payouts mark the first time the U.S. government has paid people who were injured by the COVID-19 vaccines”.
- “The CICP is the only venue people can get compensation from the federal government because of the COVID-19 emergency declaration first issued during the Trump administration”.
- “To get compensation from the CICP, a person must prove a “causal connection” between the vaccine taken and a serious physical injury or death, with the connection being supported by “compelling, reliable, valid, medical and scientific evidence.” The person must also show unreimbursed medical expenses or that they lost income because they were unable to work due to the injury.
- “The cap for CICP on death benefits is $423,000 and the cap on lost wages is $50,000 but key questions remain, including whether survivors automatically get a full payout if their claim is approved and whether future medical care for the injured could be covered, Rohde said”.
- “Program administrators have largely declined to share details about the program’s payments and claims that have been rejected”.
- “While the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program payments come from a pool formed through a tax on each vaccine, CICP payments are made from appropriations from Congress”.
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