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New Scholarships For The Children Of Fallen Service Members, April 30, 2010 Source: www1.va.gov Benefit Honors Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry The children of military personnel who died in the line of duty since Sept. 11,2001 can apply for an [...] Read More

This information comes directly from New York State’s Insurance website.  We are posting it in response to the many questions we’ve had on COBRA eligibility. Source: www.ins.state.ny.us/cobra On November 19, 2009, Governor David A. Patterson signed into law Chapter 498 [...] Read More

New York is an “at will” state, meaning your employer can fire you for any reason except an illegal reason (e.g. because you are a member of a protected class – race, ethnicity, age, etc.).  You also can quit the [...] Read More

SOURCE: www1.va.gov Washington, D.C. . . . Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, announced today that military personnel insuring their families under the service members’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program which is administered by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, [...] Read More

News Release Source: hhs.gov Statement From HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius On News That California Insurer, Anthem, Is Withdrawing Proposed 39 Percent Rate Increase Today’s announcement is good news for the more than 800,000 Californians who could have been hit with [...] Read More

News Release from the Department of Health & Human Services Source: www.hhs.gov UnitedHealthcare Announces They Will Stop Rescissions Immediately More insurers are heeding Secretary Sebelius’ call to voluntarily implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act before the law requires [...] Read More

Source: whitehouse.gov Small Business Tax Credits – Offers tax credits to small businesses to make employee coverage more affordable.  Tax credits of up to 35 percent of premiums will be available to firms that choose to offer coverage.  Effective beginning [...] Read More

SOURCE: veterans.house.gov For Immediate Release Washington, D.C., April 21, 2010 . . . House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve S.1963, the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act, [...] Read More

SOURCE: sanders.sentate.gov April 23, 2010 Dear Secretary Shinseki: We are writing at the request of a number of Vermont veterans who have contacted our offices for assistance in obtaining the “tax letters” which are used to document their eligibility for [...] Read More

SOURCE: brown.senate.gov Senator Sherrod Brown Introduces Legislation That Would Reduce The Number Of Worker Misclassification Violations And Ensure Fairness To Workers And Businesses Washington, D.C., April 22, 2010 . . . U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced legislation that [...] Read More