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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Health insurance premium increases in five states have been deemed “unreasonable” by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today. After independent expert review, HHS determined that Trustmark Life Insurance Company has [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dfs.ny.gov Department Has Already Cut Rate Requests for 2012 from 12.7% to 8.2% Saving Consumers More Than $400 Million NEW YORK, NY (10/27/2011)– Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services, announced today that Aetna Health, EmblemHealth, [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its settlement with BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, servicemembers whose homes were unlawfully foreclosed upon will each receive a minimum [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov WASHINGTON – Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers from Boston report in the November issue of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology that risk factors for posttraumatic stress symptomatology (PTSS, short of full-blown posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD) in Afghanistan [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dfs.ny.gov Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that rate increase requests from health insurers are now available on the Department of Financial Services’ website, www.dfs.ny.gov. DFS has determined that all rate increase requests should be available so that the public [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dfs.ny.gov Schneiderman: My Office Will Fight For Those Who Have Fought For Us NEW YORK – As Veterans Day approaches, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today released a resource guide to provide veterans and active duty military personnel information [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – A former civilian employee of the Department of Defense was sentenced today to nine months in prison for conversion of Army Emergency Relief (AER) funds while he was employed at Camp Humphreys in the Republic of [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – Two sisters who owned a fraudulent Detroit-area medical clinic and who are former “Most Wanted” health care fraud fugitives pleaded guilty today in Miami for their leading roles in a $9.1 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Tax credits to help millions of middle-class families The Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury today took the next steps to establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges – one-stop marketplaces where consumers can choose a private health insurance [...] Read More