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Six health insurance companies were blocked premium increases as high as 40% by the Suffolk Superior Court in Massachusetts.  Prior to the Court’s decision, the companies had been denied increases by the state’s Division of Insurance. In response, the insurance [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.franken.senate.gov Providing Service Dogs For Veterans Having participated in seven USO tours, including four to Iraq and Afghanistan, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is a strong advocate for veterans and believes we have an obligation to the brave men and [...] Read More

SOURCE: HELP.SENATE.GOV Washington, D.C., April 6, 2010 . . . Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the statement below following an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia that killed 25 workers, with four still [...] Read More

HHS,HUD Partner To Allow Rental Assistance To  support Independent Living For Non-Elderly Persons With Disabilities SOURCE: HHS.GOV Washington, April 7, 2010 . . . Thousands of Americans with disabilities will have assistance specifically targeted to meet their needs, Health and [...] Read More

Source: hhs.gov From Secretary Kathleen Sebelius To Attorney Generals Dear Attorney General: The passage of health insurance reform legislation is truly historic and promises to improve health care for all Americans, improve the quality of care, strengthen Medicare for our [...] Read More

In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report that World Trade Center rescue workers – first responders such as firefighters as well as emergency medical workers, did experience substantial drops in lung function.  They have [...] Read More

Source: akaka.senate.gov Senate Unanimously Passes Fix For VA health Care Programs On March 26, 2010, the Senate unanimously passed S. 3162, a bill to clarify the health care VA provides to children with spina bifida born to veterans of the [...] Read More

David L. Henderson, a Korean war veteran who was released from the military due to a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, applied for additional benefits and missed the appeal deadline by fifteen days (he had 120 days, and it took him [...] Read More

Source: www.hhs.gov HHS Announces $267 Million In Recovery Act Funds For New Health IT Regional Extension Centers Grants to provide hands-on, community-based support to providers to accelerate the adoption of Health Information Technology U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [...] Read More

News Release – Source: www.hhs.gov Sebelius Continues Work To Implement Health Reform, Announces First Steps To Establish Temporary High Risk Pool Program U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today issued a letter to governors and [...] Read More