RFK Jr. Mulls Adding Autism Symptoms to Vaccine Injury List (2)

The Trump administration is considering ways to allow people with autism to seek compensation through a government vaccine injury program, according to an adviser, in a change likely to throw it into disarray.

The program, called the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, shields companies from most lawsuits and includes a fund that pays people who experience a serious reaction to a covered vaccine. It’s paid out about $5 billion since 1988.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has railed against the program for being too miserly for people with vaccine injuries and too difficult to navigate. ...