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SOURCE: www.va.gov Simpler Forms And New Program Reduce Paperwork And Speed Process Washington, D.C. . . . As part of Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki’s effort to break the back of the backlog, the Department of Veterans Affairs [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov News Release . . . Administration Investments Will Help Train & Develop 16,000 New Providers Washington, D.C. . . . U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a series of new investments worth [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us Albany, NY . . . Governor David A. Paterson signed into law Governor’s Program Bill No. 278 that reinstates the New York State Insurance Department’s authority to review and approve health insurance premium increases before they take effect. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov News Release . . . Allowing Americans to Keep Current Plans or Choose a New Plan While Extending Important New Benefits to All Consumers The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury today issued a [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.tricare.mil News Release Falls Church, VA . . . A new feature on TRICARE Online now allows users to save their personal health data such as medication and allergy profiles, demographic information and a personal health summary to a [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Washington, D.C. . . . As previously announced on January 7, 2010, the Department of Veterans Affairs froze prescription co-payment increases for six months.  Veterans who generally have higher income and no service-connected disabilities – referred to as [...] Read More

SOURCE: www1.va.gov Washington . . . . The Fourth of July celebration in Denver takes on special importance this year when more than 500 wheelchair athletes who are all military Veterans begin competition at the 30th National Veterans Wheelchair Games. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.cms.gov As eligible seniors who have entered the Medicare Part D donut hole this year begin to receive their tax-free, one-time rebate check for $250 starting this Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius and senior officials [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.1.va.gov $80 Million Available For Private Sector Innovations Washington, D.C. . . . Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, announced today the opening of the Industry Innovation Competition by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the most recent effort [...] Read More

Senator Jim Webb got Senate approval to delay the VA from paying out new disability claims from the Vietnam War era presumably linked to exposure to herbicides.  Last October, Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, announced that the VA [...] Read More