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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Funds will support programs to help promote more informed health decisions and options that best fit an individual patient’s needs and preferences U.S. Department of Health and human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Health, Howard K. Koh, MD, [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov VA Takes A Hard Look At SGLI/VGLI Programs The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reviewed the account administered by Prudential that includes Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI) programs to ensure beneficiaries [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.usps.com/news Successful Negotiations Crucial To Postal Service’s Future Washington, D.C. . . . The U.S. Postal Service, faced with the most dramatic mail volume drop in its history, today began contract negotiations with the National Rural Letter Carriers Association [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Washington, D.C. . . . Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a nearly $13 million construction contract for gravesite expansion at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Washington, D.C. . . . The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected the construction contractor to build the Denver VA Medical Center (VMAC) replacement hospital.  The new hospital will be on the same campus as the University [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Affordable Care Act Will Help Lower Costs And Crack Down On Unjustified Rate Increases Washington, D.C. . . . U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national association [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay Those eligible must submit their claim by October 21, 2010. The DoD website (www.defense.gov/stoploss) links to service-specific sites where you can get more information or begin the RSLSP claim process. The 2009 War [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.healthreform.gov Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, but high health care costs and declining coverage have hindered small business owners and their employees.  Over the past decade, average annual family premiums for workers at small firms increased [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Affordable Care Act Making Medicare Stronger And More Secure For Seniors And People With Disabilities Washington, D.C. . . . U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than 1 million  Medicare [...] Read More

SOURCE: irs.gov Washington, D.C. . . . The Internal Revenue Service today issued guidance reflecting statutory changes regarding the use of certain tax-favored arrangements such as flexible spending arrangements (FSA’s), to pay for over-the-counter medicines and drugs. The Affordable Care [...] Read More