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But at least double that number are needed to adjudicate the roughly 1,200 applications each year, according to some experts. 0.500

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Simplified: Experts say double special masters needed for 1200 applications

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The legislation establishing the program allowed for three; five more were added later. 0.500

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Simplified: Legislation allowed three special masters five added later

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Some reforms widely seen as necessary would require Congress to intervene. 0.500

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Simplified: Necessary reforms require Congress intervention

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Mr. Kennedy, a prominent vaccine skeptic, believes that there is such a link and has long accused government officials of hiding the risks. 0.500

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Simplified: Kennedy believes in vaccine autism link accused officials of hiding risks

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The vaccine court has paid $5.4 billion in claims since its inception, awarding compensation in about 42 percent of the roughly 28,000 claims filed. 0.500

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Simplified: Vaccine court paid $5.4 billion in claims since inception

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But in accordance with a great body of scientific evidence, the court’s special masters have denied thousands of claims that childhood vaccines are linked to autism. 0.500

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Simplified: Special masters denied thousands of vaccine autism link claims

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The court’s special masters, who preside over the cases, have denied claims that childhood vaccines are linked to autism, in accordance with a great body of scientific evidence. 0.500

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Simplified: Special masters denied vaccine autism link claims

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The program covers most routine immunizations given to children and pregnant women, and is funded by a small tax on each shot. 0.500

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Simplified: Vaccine Injury Compensation Program covers routine immunizations funded by tax

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So-called special masters judge claims of injuries from vaccines, weighing the available evidence. 0.500

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Simplified: Special masters judge vaccine injury claims

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But all vaccines have at least occasional side effects, and there are rare instances of serious injury. 0.500

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Simplified: Vaccines have occasional side effects rare serious injury

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Congress set up the vaccine court in 1986 after a spate of lawsuits began to drive vaccine makers out of the market. 0.500

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Simplified: Congress set up vaccine court in 1986

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Public health officials in the United States have been tracking vaccine safety for decades and have long said that shots routinely given to children are safe. 0.500

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Simplified: Public health officials say routine childhood vaccines are safe

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But Mr. Kennedy sounds “more like a frustrated lawyer who lost cases than an eager secretary trying to fix things.” 0.500

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Simplified: Kennedy sounds like frustrated lawyer not eager secretary

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“Kennedy can fix this system without burning it down,” said Tony Yang, a health policy expert at George Washington University. 0.500

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Simplified: Tony Yang said Kennedy can fix system without burning it down

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And he has claimed that the vaccine court punishes and intimidates expert witnesses and petitioners’ attorneys. 0.500

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Simplified: Kennedy claimed vaccine court punishes intimidates witnesses attorneys

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Mr. Kennedy has also claimed, falsely, that the compensation program prevents families from suing vaccine makers in traditional courts. 0.500

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Simplified: Kennedy falsely claimed compensation program prevents lawsuits

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Parents who believe their children were injured by vaccines are “facing the monumental power and bottomless pockets of the U.S. government,” he said. 0.500

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Simplified: Kennedy said parents face US government power pockets

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He said in a social media post last month that the vaccine court had “devolved into a morass of inefficiency, favoritism and outright corruption.” 0.500

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Simplified: Kennedy said vaccine court devolved into inefficiency favoritism corruption

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Now Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to overhaul the program, saying he will make it more efficient and speedier for Americans seeking payment. 0.500

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Simplified: Robert F Kennedy Jr plans to overhaul Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

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It is slow, understaffed and can feel adversarial to families legitimately in need. 0.500

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Simplified: Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is slow understaffed adversarial

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