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SOURCE: hhs.gov HHS Awards ARRA Funds To Establish A Center Of Excellence In Research On Disability Services, Care Coordination And Integration The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability today announced the award of over $6 million [...] Read More

SOURCE: akaka.senate.gov Washington, D.C. . . Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) joined President Barack Obama, First Lady, Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, and others at the White House today for [...] Read More

SOURCE: vanhollen.house.gov Act Would Insure Federal Employees Can Keep Children On Health Care Plan Until 26 Years Old Starting In 2010 Washington, May 4, 2010 . . . Today, Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-CA), Congresswoman [...] Read More

SOURCE: hhs.gov Sceretary Sebelius On Important Benefits For Companies And Early Retirees In The Affordable Care Act The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today issued regulations establishing the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program in the Affordable Care Act. This [...] Read More

SOURCE: hhs.gov Sebelius Calls On Governors And State Insurance Commissioners To Examine Premium Increases And Rate Review Authorities Washington, D.C. . . U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote Governors and State Insurance Commissions last night [...] Read More

SOURCE: ins.state.ny FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . . Governor David Patterson today (April 30, 2010) announced New York will participate in the federal Temporary High Risk Pool funding made available to states through federal health care reform by developing a [...] Read More

New Scholarships For The Children Of Fallen Service Members, April 30, 2010 Source: www1.va.gov Benefit Honors Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry The children of military personnel who died in the line of duty since Sept. 11,2001 can apply for an [...] Read More

This information comes directly from New York State’s Insurance website.  We are posting it in response to the many questions we’ve had on COBRA eligibility. Source: www.ins.state.ny.us/cobra On November 19, 2009, Governor David A. Patterson signed into law Chapter 498 [...] Read More

New York is an “at will” state, meaning your employer can fire you for any reason except an illegal reason (e.g. because you are a member of a protected class – race, ethnicity, age, etc.).  You also can quit the [...] Read More

SOURCE: www1.va.gov Washington, D.C. . . . Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, announced today that military personnel insuring their families under the service members’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program which is administered by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, [...] Read More