Seeking to recover the costs of a vaccine-related injury or illness typically involves filing a claim under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). While the VICP is a federal government program, it is very different from Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and the other programs with which most people are familiar. Filing a VICP claim is a complex, multi-step process; and, for this reason, it is strongly in claimants’ best interests to hire an experienced vaccine injury lawyer to represent them. Continue reading →