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SOURCE: hhs.gov New grant program providing $250 million to states over next five years will strengthen oversight of insurance premiums and rate hikes HSS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of $51 million in Health Insurance Premium Review Grants [...] Read More

SOURCE: cms.gov Medicare Provides Assistance To Help Low Income Beneficiaries Get Big Savings On Prescription Drug Costs Washington, D.C., June 1, 2010 . . . More Medicare beneficiaries will qualify for “Extra help” with their prescription drug costs, and be [...] Read More

Source: www1.va.gov Collaborative Research On “Deep Brain Stimulation” Washington, D.C. . . . Veterans and others with Parkinson’s disease who undergo deep brain stimulation (DBS) may benefit from research co-sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs and published recently in [...] Read More

SOURCE: www1.va.gov News Release from the Department of Veterans Affairs Cleveland, June 4, 2010 . . . Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, visited the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center today and received a first-hand update on Recovery [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of $60 million in Affordable Care Act grants to states and communities to help individuals and their caregivers better understand and navigate their health and long-term care options. Through this opportunity [...] Read More

SOURCE: www1.va.gov Canandaigua, NY . . . Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, announced today the establishment of a new telephone hotline to provide emergency support and resources to homeless Veterans.  He made the announcement as he toured the [...] Read More

SOURCE: hhs.gov For Immediate Release, June 2, 2010 . . . The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today invited states to apply for participation in the Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care [...] Read More

SOURCE: akaka.senate Washington, D.C., Friday, May 28, 2010 . . . Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) introduced S. 3447, a bill to improve the post-9/11 GI Benefits program.  Akaka introduced the bill yesterday (May 27) to [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.opm.gov OPM Director, John Perry Lauds Signing Of Presidential memorandum On The Extension Of Benefits To Same-Sex Domestic Partners Of Federal Employees President Obama directs agencies, to the extent permitted by law, to extend benefits currently available to spouses of [...] Read More

SOURCE: hhs.gov Putting Data And Innovation To Work To help Communities And Consumers Improve Health HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Institute of Medicine President Harvey Fineberg today launched a national initiative to share a wealth of new community health data [...] Read More