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News Release Source: hhs.gov Statement From HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius On News That California Insurer, Anthem, Is Withdrawing Proposed 39 Percent Rate Increase Today’s announcement is good news for the more than 800,000 Californians who could have been hit with [...] Read More

News Release from the Department of Health & Human Services Source: www.hhs.gov UnitedHealthcare Announces They Will Stop Rescissions Immediately More insurers are heeding Secretary Sebelius’ call to voluntarily implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act before the law requires [...] Read More

Source: whitehouse.gov Small Business Tax Credits – Offers tax credits to small businesses to make employee coverage more affordable.  Tax credits of up to 35 percent of premiums will be available to firms that choose to offer coverage.  Effective beginning [...] Read More

SOURCE: veterans.house.gov For Immediate Release Washington, D.C., April 21, 2010 . . . House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve S.1963, the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act, [...] Read More

SOURCE: sanders.sentate.gov April 23, 2010 Dear Secretary Shinseki: We are writing at the request of a number of Vermont veterans who have contacted our offices for assistance in obtaining the “tax letters” which are used to document their eligibility for [...] Read More

SOURCE: brown.senate.gov Senator Sherrod Brown Introduces Legislation That Would Reduce The Number Of Worker Misclassification Violations And Ensure Fairness To Workers And Businesses Washington, D.C., April 22, 2010 . . . U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced legislation that [...] Read More

SOURCE: AKAKA.SENATE.GOV Washington, D.C., April 21, 2010 . . . At A hearing held today (April 21) on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman, Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), brought together a diverse panel that included a veteran [...] Read More

Washington, D.C., April 20, 2010 . . .  This past week Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) addressed the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee (HELP Committee) regarding protecting consumers from the rising cost of health insurance premiums.  The Committee is working [...] Read More

In response to allegations of endoscope reprocessing problems (possible contamination of three gastrointestinal endoscopes identified before patient use) at the St. Louis VA Medical Center, the VA Office of Inspector General, Office of Healthcare Inspections, conducted an investigation.  Below is [...] Read More

Source: ww1.va.gov Processing Of Claims Targeted For Extra Personnel Washington, The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) is putting Americans to work with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, while bolstering staffing at VA benefits’ offices where Veterans’ claims [...] Read More