On Nov. 7, a Congressional briefing was held by the Canary Party, an anti-vaccine Political Action Committee, to attack the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP), the U.S. program that compensates vaccine injuries. The briefing was billed as part of the run-up to a hearing that will supposedly be held by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, although the hearing is not yet on the committee’s calendar.
Mary Holland, speaking for the Canary Party, criticized the NVICP for being too adversarial and not providing plaintiffs—especially those whose children have autism—with proper compensation. She rejected the solution of reforming the program—what she called “tinkering at the edges”—and instead suggested completely abolishing or seriously curtailing it.
