FERS | CSRS & Individual Disability Benefits

Administration Announces Partnership To Prevent Health Care Fraud

Posted by Editor On July 31, 2012 In News

Attorney General, Eric Holder and Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius have announced a partnership between federal and state officials, as well as several private health insurers to prevent health care fraud. The effort is voluntary and represents [...] Read More

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DB Disability Law Ledger™ – July 2012

Posted by Editor On July 27, 2012 In Disability Law Ledger

VA Targets Veteran Homelessness VA Secretary Shinseki announced that the Veterans’ Administration will award approximately $100 million in grants, designed to assist over 40,000 homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families. 151 communities in 49 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto [...] Read More

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Fact Sheet: Presidential Memorandum Supporting Veterans’ Employment and Reemployment Across the Federal Workforce

Posted by Editor On July 24, 2012 In News

Source: whitehouse.gov President Obama has made helping veterans find civilian employment and reintegrate into our nation’s workforce and economy a top priority. In November 2011, the President signed into law the Returning Heroes Tax Credit, which provides businesses that hire [...] Read More

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Fact Sheet On Obama Healthcare Law

Posted by Editor On June 29, 2012 In News

Source: hhs.gov Benefits and Protections for the Middle Class: The Affordable Care Act includes numerous provisions to keep health care costs low, promote prevention, and hold insurance companies accountable. If you’re one of the 250 million Americans who already have [...] Read More

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DB Disability Law Ledger™ – June 2012

Posted by Editor On June 25, 2012 In Disability Law Ledger

MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE: THE DUAL DIAGNOSIS As a disability law firm, we often represent clients suffering from psychological impairments such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, to name a few. These mental illnesses are complicated [...] Read More

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Third Health Survey since 1995 to Take Place

Posted by Editor On May 25, 2012 In News

As a part of a long-term health study, at the end of this month, the VA will be contacting the first Gulf War Veterans for the third time since the end of that conflict. Says Secretary Shinseki, “Our message to [...] Read More

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NY Attorney General Announces Arrest of Two "Doctors" Practicing Medicine Without Licenses In Chinatown

Posted by Editor On May 24, 2012 In News

Jiaxi Qiu and Lu Hui Qiu have been arrested for practicing medicine without licenses in Chinatown, NY. They were charged with examining and treating patients by injecting them with unknown substances as well as giving them a variety of unidentified [...] Read More

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NARFE President Responds to Payroll Tax Increase On Middle Class Federal Workers

Posted by Editor On May 21, 2012 In News

In response to a May 11, 2012, vote in the House of Representatives to impose a 5 percent payroll tax on middle-class federal workers, President of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) issued the following statement: “It [...] Read More

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Bernie Sanders Proposal To End HIV/AIDS Drug Monopolies

Posted by Editor On May 18, 2012 In News

According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV. Every year, an additional 50,000 Americans are infected and 10,000 people die every year due to AIDS. Although there are medicines [...] Read More

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