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David Cox, Sr., national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s proposed $35 billion cuts to federal employee retirement: “The poets remind us that it is easier to forgive an [...] Read More

The Social Security Administration announced that an additional 35 Compassionate Allowances are now in effect, bringing the total number of these expedited conditions to 200. What does this mean? It means that for those disabled Americans with the most serious [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today observes National Rural Health Day and celebrates the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP).  Created in 1987 under the Social Security Act, [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov The Obama administration moved forward today to implement provisions in the health care law that would make it illegal for insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. The provisions of the Affordable Care Act also would [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ag.ny.gov On Veteran’s Day, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that his office has secured a $9.5 million settlement with SmartBuy, a retailer and financing firm based in North Carolina after the company fraudulently charged thousands of soldiers [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Investments help ease cost of professional schooling for clinicians, students Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that $229.4 million was invested in the National Health Service Corps in 2012 to support more doctors and nurses [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the implementation of a pilot version of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a program being promoted nationally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, aimed at reducing the number of [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.casey.senate.gov U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) today called on the Secretary of the Army to award veterans from earlier eras the Combat Medic Badge that they have earned but have been blocked from receiving. Currently, eligibility only extends to [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dfs.ny.gov Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services, today announced that Oxford Health has been fined $665,000 for failing to explain coverage to their health plan members. Oxford also failed to tell members how to challenge claims denials. Oxford was [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ag.ny.gov Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the guilty plea and sentencing of home health agency owner Christopher Luis, 58, of Manhattan, for failing to pay 109 employees of his company, CLBAZ Connections, LLC, over a six-month period. [...] Read More