The right to file and lose

How the CounterMeasures Injury Comp Program is designed for failure

With all the discussion of COVID vaccine injuries, most and probably less than 0.05% of the US population has ever heard of the CounterMeasures Injury Compensation Program.

If you think that the NVICP is not in the lexicon of our language, the CounterMeasures or CICP is super secret.

And this is the exclusive remedy for anyone seeking compensation for injuries or death as a result of a vaccine, medicine, medical device, protection equipment related to the treatment of COVID-19.

Established as part of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (The PREP Act) of 2005, the original CICP was not even funded. Prior to COVID, the CICP was the program to submit petitions for injuries from any countermeasure against Anthrax, Ebola, Zika, and even the H1N1 vaccine for Swine Flu in 2009.

The H1N1 would later be approved for routine administration to children and/or pregnant mothers and the vaccine was moved into the NVICP. It is one of the 4 flu strains in the quadrivalent influenza vaccine.

The big problem with Congress, and they have many, they did not provide any funding to pay for any determined compensable petitions. So those who did file, they were deemed to have the right to file and lose. The Black Hole leading to Hell.

Congress was embarrassed by this fact during the H1N1 outbreak in 2009. Along came formal legislation to provide adequate funding and an official name. The compensation program would be formally called the CounterMeasures Injury Compensation Program.

HRSA was selected to be the administrator of the program. And with this came many flaws. Some by design.

No judicial review, appeal or oversight. It was a pure administrative process.

The program would not reimburse any medical expert costs or attorney fees to help support or litigate your claim.

Petitioners have only 1 year from the administration of the countermeasure to the date of filing.

You can appeal the decision. However, it is back to the same damn department within HRSA that rejected the claim. Good luck.

The history of CICP is not good. In fact it is horrible. Only 39 petitions (pre COVID) have been decided in favor of the petitioner. Out of nearly 550 claims.

And only 29 of the 39 petitions were ever funded. HRSA determined that 10 of them would receive private insurance, pension benefits, or other assistance for medical care. The CICP is the payer of last resort.

The public only knows of the status of these petitions after many years of demanding public access, HRSA finally started to release small amounts of summarized data. They have been hiding behind a curtain denying requests for information. They do not have to comply because the program is an administrative process. Not a judicial process. Not subject to FOIA or public disclosure.

Since COVID, HRSA has begun to provide some status of all claims filed. Not much detail but at least a peak into injury claims.

Nearly 2,500 petitions have been filed all related to COVID-19. Vaccine injuries and death, medical equipment causing death (ventilators), and other treatments and medicines.

But not one petition has been acted upon regarding a decision on the merits of the claim. Not one.

Several have been dismissed because of statute of limitation issues. Some due to lack of medical records or incomplete petition application.

HRSA is just sitting on all these claims. And it was verified 3rd party conversation when a HRSA official told a reporter earlier this year that they will be sitting on all the COVID claims.

Maybe Pharma has reach in with their ugly hand and said do not move on these. Maybe Public Health officials do not want the public to know the extent of the injuries or the prevalence. After all, some of the petitioners who were dismissed might find a microphone or TV camera.

If you want to go down this rabbit hole, the black hole to hell, click the link here and snoope around.

Beware, there are no guide ropes, no ladders, no compasses that might help you back.

Keep learning, keep challenging yourself and always, always question authority.

Have a good day.