How the Childhood Vaccine Act got passed. Anon is doing more research on this Otis R. Bowen.

Otis Bowen: Meet the Man that was the HHS Secretary under President Reagan that helped passed the Vaccine Injury Act 1986!Well, Well, Well what do we see here? See who he is related to. Overall, he seemed to be a good Director,but he went against Reagan by signing the bill, with GW Bush, Malcolm Baldridge, James Baker. They put a bunch of other things in the ChildhoodVaccine Act, instead of one portion, that forced Reagan to sign it.

From NYTimes article in 1986: "Mr. Reagan's action came after heavy lobbying in favor of the bill by a broad-based coalition including drug companies, physicians and groups representing children and the elderly."

Agency Had Urged Veto

The Justice Department had urged a veto of the bill because of its objections to the new system of compensating people injured by vaccines.But Vice President Bush, Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige and Dr. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, urged Mr. Reagan to sign it, as did James A. Baker 3d, Secretary of the Treasury.

==Otis Bowen HHS, oversaw the Vaccine Act of 1986, HHS 12/13/85-3/9/1989

The longest serving HHS director==

16th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

In office

December 13, 1985 – January 20, 1989

President Ronald Reagan

Otis Ray Bowen (February 26, 1918 – May 4, 2013) was an American politician and physician who served as the 44th Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989.

Early life

Bowen was born near Rochester, Indiana, to Vernie Bowen and Pearl Irene Wright. His father's side of the family was deeply religious and originally came from Ohio. Vernie Bowen graduated from Valparaiso University and was a teacher for 43 years. Vernie Bowen also owned a hardware store in Leiters Ford, was a trustee for Aubbeenaubbee Township, president of the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Trustees, and president of the Leiters Ford Merchants Association.His father was a Scottish Rite Freemason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In 1915, Vernie Bowen marriedPearl Irene Wright, whose family was also from Ohio and involved with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows'''

Otis Bowen is a distant relative of George H. W. Bush through two brothers who immigrated to New England from Somerset, England

Career

Bowen with President Gerald Ford in 1976 Bowen being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1985. Bowen began his career as an intern at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Indiana, in 1942. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, rising from the rank of 1st lieutenant to captain. On his return from World War II, he set up his own medical practice in his hometown of Bremen, Indiana, which he discontinued in 1972. As a physician, he was instrumental in helping establish a community hospital for Bremen in 1956. During this time, he also was a member of staff for various hospitals in Indiana and served as coroner for Marshall County, Indiana. In 1981, he took up the post of clinical professor of family medicine at Indiana University. Bowen continued teaching at Indiana University until he was appointed as Secretary of Health and Human Services by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on a vote of 93 to 2, making him the first medical doctor to serve in this position.

It is said that as Secretary of Health and Human Services, he always had a prescription pad handy, recommending remedies to treat minor ailments for both colleagues and members of the press. He served in that position until 1989, when he retired to his home in Bremen, Indiana.

Community involvement

Bowen served on a number of committees and conferences, including the Education Commission of the States, and the President's Commission on Federalism. He was the chairman of the Paperwork Commission, Nursing Study Commission, and Medicare Study Commission. He also received various awards, including the George F. Hixson award from Kiwanis International. Bowen was a Lutheran and member of the American Medical Association, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Pi, Delta Chi, and Kiwanis. Bowen was also a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

The Otis R. Bowen Museum, located on the campus of Bethel College, houses memorabilia and artifacts related to Dr. Otis Bowen's years as Governor of Indiana and Secretary of Health and Human Services

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Bowen

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REAGAN SIGNS BILL ON DRUG EXPORTS AND PAYMENT FOR VACCINE INJURIES

By Robert Pear, Special To the New York TimesNov. 15, 19861/2

President Reagan today signed a comprehensive health bill designed to promote exports of prescription drugs and to compensate children injured by vaccines. Mr. Reagan said he had approved the bill with mixed feelings because he had serious reservations about the vaccine compensation program.

But he warmly endorsed provisions of the bill that would, for the first time, allow pharmaceutical companies to export drugs to other countries that have approved their use, without waiting for the United States to approve the drugs' sale here. Mr. Reagan said this part of the new law will increase the competitiveness of the American pharmaceutical industry abroad, create jobs, foster biotechnology and aid other nations. Separation-of-Powers Issue

However,he said there were substantial deficiencies in the vaccine plan, under which injured people could obtain payments from the Government without proving fault or wrongdoing by the vaccine manufacturer or anyone else. The program would be administered not by the executive branch, but by the Federal judiciary, Mr. Reagan said, calling it an unprecedented arrangement that was inconsistent with the constitutional requirement for separation of powers among the branches of the Federal Government.

Mr. Reagan's action came after heavy lobbying in favor of the bill by a broad-based coalition including drug companies, physicians and groups representing children and the elderly.

Agency Had Urged Veto

The Justice Department had urged a veto of the bill because of its objections to the new system of compensating people injured by vaccines.But Vice President Bush, Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige and Dr. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, urged Mr. Reagan to sign it, as did James A. Baker 3d, Secretary of the Treasury.

The compensation program would be financed by a new excise tax imposed on each dose of the vaccines for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, measles, mumps and rubella. But Congress adjourned this year before it could actually establish the tax, and the compensation program will not take effect until it does so.

Representative Henry A. Waxman, a California Democrat who drafted the portion of the bill relating to vaccines, said he expected Congress to establish the tax as quickly as possible next year. Mr. Reagan said he hoped that Congress, in adopting any excise tax, would also make corrective changes in the framework of the vaccine program to address his objections.

Under the program, people would file claims in a Federal District Court. The judge would appoint a special master to determine the appropriate amount of compensation to be paid from a special Government trust fund, under guidelines set by the new law. The judge could revise the amount.

Parents of the injured child could accept the award as full payment, or they could reject it and file a lawsuit against the manufacturer.

The new law sets certain limits on the manufacturer's liability in such lawsuits.A Congressional report said one purpose was to lessen the number of lawsuits against manufacturers while compensating victims of vaccine injuries. High Costs of Insurance

In recent years the number of such lawsuits has increased, and the prices of vaccines have risen rapidly. The increase in the cost of liability insurance and the unpredictable nature of such liability have forced some manufacturers to consider abandoning production of vaccines, even though the vaccines have been highly effective in protecting millions of children against disease.

Under the new law, drugs not approved by the United States Government could be exported to any of 21 foreign countries if they were approved for use there. The countries, limited to those with government agencies that review the safety and effectiveness of drugs, include Austria, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and West Germany.

Other countries often approve new drugs more quickly than the United States. The bill ran into some opposition from those who said it would be setting a double standard on the safety and effectiveness of drugs, but proponents countered that it was arrogant of the United States to tell another country it could not have a medicine it wanted just because an American agency had not got around to approving it…

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/15/us/reagan-signs-bill-on-drug-exports-and-payment-for-vaccine-injuries.html

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Other Provisions of Bill

The bill, passed with bipartisan support Oct. 18, the last day of the 99th Congress,applies only to drugs for which manufacturers are in the process of seeking approval from the Food and Drug AdministrationA drug may not be exported if the agency has disapproved it for sale in the United States.

The bill would also requirestates to provide medical and psychiatric care, housing and employment services for people who are chronically mentally ill, including homeless people. Another section of the new law, designed toreduce medical malpractice, will make it easier for physicians to take disciplinary action against their colleagues. The measure makes clear that such actions do not violate antitrust laws.

Under the health bill, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must arrange for a national computer file to record information about malpractice claims and disciplinary proceedings. Hospitals would have to consult the file before permitting doctors to practice at their facilities.

The law also establishes a national commission to recommend ways of reducing infant mortality. It provides $14 million a year forresearch on Alzheimer's disease.

And it ends Federal authority for the national health planning program begun in the 1970's.

Mr. Reagan said the program, which set up a network of state and local health planning agencies, had been detrimental to the rational allocation of economic resources for health care. States may continue to finance the work of such agencies, which review the need for construction of hospitals and nursing homes, purchases of major medical equipment, and the addition of such services as open-heart surgery.

Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, said Mr. Reagan had shown wisdom and compassion in signing the bill. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, a co-sponsor of the legislation, said he, too, was delighted.

==Gerald J. Mossinghoff, the president of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, said the new law greatly strengthens the ability of the United States pharmaceutical industry to compete in international markets. Richard D. Godown, the president of the Industrial Biotechnology Association, also applauded the President for signing the bill.

A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 15, 1986, Section 1, Page 1 of the National edition with the headline: REAGAN SIGNS BILL ON DRUG EXPORTS AND PAYMENT FOR VACCINE INJURIES.

(This Omnibus bill included lots of other things intentionally to include things Reagan wanted, his hand was forced by Bush, Baker, Owen and a few others.This Act has been amended Multiple times since 1986, it starts with only 7 vaccines covered, and the number has grown to that any vaccine containing certain ingredients are covered (Vaccine Injury table, sheet attached), but now there is many more recommended childhood vaccines. You see how that works, and how Pharma never is held accountable. Bush’s are making billions just from this one law. It's interesting the DOJ opposed passing this law at that time.)

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/15/us/reagan-signs-bill-on-drug-exports-and-payment-for-vaccine-injuries.html

>>19501007 (You), >>19501024 (You) Vaccine injury compensation programs overwhelmed as congressional reform languishes PN

Part 3Added portion of Politico Vaccine Program

Vaccine injury compensation programs overwhelmed as congressional reform languishes

06/01/2022 05:00 AM EDT

A handful of bills introduced in the House and Senate would revamp both programs, but advocates are focused on two measures — one, H.R. 3655 (117) to overhaul the VICP, and another, H.R. 3656 (117) to automatically impose the excise tax that funds the program on any new vaccines the HHS secretary adds to the vaccine injury table.Currently, Congress must act for the tax to be collected on any new immunization added to the schedule.

The broader VICP reform legislation, an effort led byRep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)in the House, would set a minimum number of special masters appointed to the court that hears vaccine injury claims, requiring a minimum of 10 compared to the current maximum of eight.

The legislation would change the amount of time the HHS secretary has to add a vaccine to the injury table from two years to six months and would ensure the table covers vaccines routinely recommended by the CDC to adults as well as children and pregnant people.

It also would increase the maximum amount of compensation for vaccine injuries and deaths from $250,000 to $600,000 for 2021, a figure that could be adjusted for inflation in later years.

Doggett, who leads the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, indicated in a statement to POLITICO that some Republicans are holding up progress on the measure, which hecosponsored with retiring GOP Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan. (Upton the traitor)

A Republican aide suggested the bill’s potential price tag is to blame. But CBO hasn’t released an estimate for the bill, agency spokesperson Deborah Kilroe said, adding that the office is legally required to conduct a formal cost estimate after a bill is reported out of a congressional committee. Neither bill has advanced out of Energy and Commerce or Ways and Means.

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) is working on a similar legislative effort to automate the VICP excise tax and to clarify how Covid-19 vaccines would transition from the CICP to the VICP.

“We don’t really know how the process works or what it would look like,” a Casey aide said.

The senator is still working on the measure, the aide added, including finding bipartisan cosponsors that could help increase the chances of the bill moving on some legislative vehicle this session. Those options are few, with a bipartisan and bicameral effort to reauthorize FDA’s medical product user fees already well underway. An omnibus spending package could also carry the measures.

The bills’ advocates say ensuring the programs work well is critical to bolstering public confidence in U.S. vaccination programs, so people know that, in the rare case they experience a serious adverse event post-immunization, they can be compensated for their pain.

As the U.S. moves closer to transitioning away from the public health emergency, Doggett said, the longstanding injury compensation program for vaccines must be ready to handle Covid-related claims.

“The system could easily be crushed by the new burdenif the existing backlog is not quickly addressed and the program modernized,” he said.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/01/vaccine-injury-compensation-programs-overwhelmed-as-congressional-reform-languishes-00033064

(If anon research those in House and Senate pushing this for gov to take on more financial burden, especially on Covid vaccine, instead of on Pharma, it will be almost guaranteed they are lobbied or paid by pharma to push this.)