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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov States, territories and large metropolitan areas will receive grants totaling $390.5 million this month to help hospital and other health care organizations strengthen the medical surge capability across the nation. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Washington, D.C. . . . The Department of Veterans Affairs opened registration on July 8 for a women Veterans forum that will address the quality of VA health care, the provision of benefits for women, and ways for [...] Read More

SOURCE: WWW.DOL.GOV Washington, D.C. . . . The U.S. Department of Labor’s solicitor today filed a complaint against the U.S. Postal Service for electrical work safety violations.  The complaint, which asks the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission to correct [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us Albany, NY . . . Governor Daivd A. Patterson today announced that New York State has applied to develop a program so that uninsured New Yorkers will be able to benefit from the temporary pre-existing condition insurance funding [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.prc.gov Washington, D.C. . . . The Postal Regulatory Commission today submitted to Congress, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the United States Postal Service, an independent actuarial report on the allocation of the Civil Service Retirement System [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Advances Transformation Toward A Paperless VA Washington, D.C. . . . Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, announced today plans to develop a fully automated, online system for handling Veterans’ disability compensation claims.  More than a simple [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.vva.gov Lessons Learned From St. Louis Medical Center Are Applied VA-Wide Washington, D.C. . . . The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) primary mission is to serve out nation’s Veterans.  President Obama has charged the Department with ensuring the [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.mccaskill.senate.gov Letter demands action from the VA to incident where area veterans may have been inadvertently exposed to disease Washington, D.C., June 30, 2010 . . . Following the recent revelation that almost two thousand St. Louis veterans may [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Affordable Care Act Program To Provide Temporary Coverage For Americans Without Insurance Due To Pre-existing Conditions – Now Through 2014 When The New Insurance Exchanges Are Established The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Applications For Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Now Being Accepted Affordable Care Act To Provide Financial Relief For Businesses, Unions, State & Local Governments Who Provide Health Insurance For Early Retirees The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office [...] Read More