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SOURCE: www.va.gov Houston . . . Navy Veterans Roy Whitehead was told he had six to 12 months to live when he saw doctors near his small hometown of Morgan City, LA.  But his oncologist at the New Orleans VA [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Fort Lauderdale, FL . . .  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to E.N. Range, Inc. in Miami, FL, alleging the company knowingly neglected to protect employees who clean gun ranges [...] Read More

SOURCE: opm.gov Reasonable Accommodation Sometimes it is necessary for Federal hiring officials to make a reasonable workplace accommodation for a person with a disability, if requested and appropriate (unless doing so will result in undue hardship to the agencies).  The [...] Read More

Source: www.ins.state.ny.us Health Insurance Coverage Will Begin October 1st Governor David A. Patterson today announced the New York State’s Pre-existing Condition Insurance Program is ready to take applications now.  The Program, called NY Bridge Plan, is available to people with [...] Read More

SOURCE: akaka.senate.gov Washington, D.C. . . . U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka, a member of the Armed Forces Committee and Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, applauded the formation today of the Senate Military Family Caucus, a bipartisan group that [...] Read More

SOURCE: WWW.INS.STATE.NY.US ALBANY, NY (08/19/2010)(readMedia)– Governor David A. Paterson today announced he has signed “Ian’s Law” into law, which will enhance protections for consumers in case a health insurer or health maintenance organization (HMO) discontinues a class of policies or [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Research May Lead to Better Treatment for ALS-Like Disease WASHINGTON — Researchers with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine have provided the [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov 45 States And The District Of Columbia To Receive $1 Million Each To Make Health Insurance Markets More Consumer-Friendly And Transparent HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced grant awards of $46 million to 45 States and the District of [...] Read More

SOURCE: www oversight.house.gov Towns Demands Extensive Information From Prudential Washington, D.C. . . . Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) today announced an investigation of Prudential Insurance Company, the company that provides life insurance for all U.S. armed forces under the Servicemembers [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov $1.8 Billion Investment Improves Care And Services For Veterans Washington, D.C. . . . The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) committed the last of its $1.8 billion in Recovery Act funds July 31, one of the first federal [...] Read More