Daniel Freiheit
Daniel Freiheit is a lawyer who used access-to-information requests to expose redactions in the Vaccine Injury Support Program's (VISP) contracts, its administrative costs, and failures in its appeals process.
Key points
- Daniel Freiheit is a Law Society of Ontario member and certified corporate and commercial law specialist who has represented clients dealing with the Vaccine Injury Support Program.
- He describes filing an Access to Information request that returned a heavily redacted contract, including redacted sections on the appeal process and transparency.
- He says the contract disclosed that over roughly 63 percent of the program budget went to the administrator, far higher than comparable Ontario compensation programs.
- He explains a redacted 'litigation management plan' was designed to slow litigation against Health Canada and the third-party provider, and was only unredacted in 2023.
- He notes the contract allowed claims to be resubmitted anytime new reliable evidence arose, contradicting the short appeal windows applicants were given.
- He identifies the chain of custody for medical records and high case-manager turnover as major causes of delay in the program.
- He says the rebranded program appears to have no budget cap and reopens denied claims, but he questions whether a qualified medical review board is in place.
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