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SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny For Immediate Release May 17, 2010, New York, NY . . . Insurance companies paid New York consumers $32 million and offered to reinstate 116,000 policies that had been improperly cancelled or non-renewed, according to the New York [...] Read More

SOURCE: veterans.senate.gov Washington, D.C. . . . Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) held a hearing today to review pending veterans’ benefits and health care legislation.  The Committee questioned witnesses and reviewed 20 bills in preparation for [...] Read More

SOURCE: wyden.senate.gov Press Release Of Senator Wyden Evidence suggests that Fort Lewis had a policy of treating returning National Guard and Reservists as “second-class soldiers” Washington, D.C., May 17, 2010 . . . Responding to concerns that National Guard soldiers [...] Read More

SOURCE: akaka.senate.gov Washington, D.C., May 6, 2010 . . . Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, held an oversight hearing yesterday (May 5, 2010) on the state of care for troops and veterans suffering from [...] Read More

In order to receive FERS/CSRS credit for military service, you must have served active-duty and have had an honorable military service record. Further, if you seek to receive FERS/CSRS credit, you must make a contribution (deposit) to the retirement fund [...] Read More

SOURCE: mccaskill.senate.gov Washington, D.C., May 13, 2010 . . . Today, U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced legislation to help meet the growing demand for better access to mental health services for members [...] Read More

SOURCE: hhs.gov Release Annual Report Demonstrating That Federal Activities To Reduce Health Care Fraud Working Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice today highlighted the new tools in the Affordable Care Act [...] Read More

One of the most important things to consider when purchasing a private (individual) disability policy is how your private (individual) disability policy defines “disabled.”  If you are a business owner or are a professional in your own practice, your policy [...] Read More

If you are planning to purchase an individual disability insurance policy, here are some questions to consider: 1. What is the elimination period? 2. What benefits are available to cover possible loss of income? 3. Does my current or past [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Washington, D.C.  . . . U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder will discuss the Obama Administration’s efforts to fight fraud using new tools provided by the Affordable Care Act [...] Read More