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1. Social Security Releases Open Government Plan Social Security, today announced that the agency has released its Open Government plan.  The plan, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/open, reflects the agency’s commitment to increase transparency, expand opportunities for citizen participation and collaboration, and make open government sustainable at Social Security.  Three flagship initiatives are highlighted in the plan — the Spanish-Language Retirement Estimator, Online Service […]...
2. Work Incentives Update: Are you Receiving Benefits and Interested in Working? Work Incentives Update: Are you Receiving Benefits and Interested in Working? ...
3. Social Security Proposes Legislation to End Furloughs Commissioner of Social Security, today announced that the agency is submitting legislation to Congress that would prohibit states, without the Commissioner’s prior authorization, from reducing the number of state personnel who make disability determinations for Social Security or the hours they work below the amount the agency authorizes. “It is long past time that states […]...
4. Share of Cost Social security at 75: don’t mess with success (Rep. Sander Levin) In the mid-1980s, someone at the Coca-Cola Company had the bright idea of changing the formula of the nation’s most popular soft drink. In one of the biggest public relations debacles of all time, the company’s effort to convince Americans to switch to New Coke fell flat on its face. As it turned out, people […]...
5. Share of Cost is calculated independently for CMSP and Medi-Cal SOC policy also applies to County Medical Services Program (CMSP) providers and subscribers. Share of Cost is calculated independently for CMSP and Medi-Cal, however, the same subscriber income is included in both calculations. Therefore, the same medical expenses may be used to clear SOC for both programs.  Providers may apply the same services used to […]...
6. Share of Cost: Watch Out for the American Opportunity Act Scam Did you know that by calling a special 1-800 number you may qualify to receive $500 from the American Opportunity Act?  By providing your Social Security number, date of birth and other personal information, in just 4 weeks you will receive a Visa Check card ready to be loaded with money.  Sound too good to […]...
7. Share of Cost: City And Country People’s Brain Structures Respond Differently To Social Stress We all knew that city dwellers are more susceptible to mental disorders than their rural counterparts – a new study has shown that specific brain structures respond differently to social stress, depending on whether you are an urban or countryside dweller, researchers from the University of Heidelberg’s Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany, reported […]...
8. Share of Cost, Medi-Cal Share of Cost, Bristol-Myers Squibb And ADAP Crisis Task Force Announce Enhanced, Multi-year Support For AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) In The United StatesU.S. Increases Pakistan Flood Aid Contribution; Sen. Kerry To Visit Flood-Hit Pakistan “The State Department said Thursday that the U.S. financial commitment to Pakistan flood relief has reached $76 million,” VOA News reports (Gollust, 8/12). “On assistance to Pakistan, to date, approximately $76 million in assistance has been provided … by the U.S....
9. How do insurance companies set prices for Medigap policies? How do insurance companies set prices for Medigap policies?...
10. Share of Cost Medi-Cal, Alcohol Use May Be A Problem For Older Adults Some people whose drinking habits do not change over the years and decades may find that they develop problems with alcohol when they get older – aging lowers the body’s tolerance for alcohol. A drink now and again as one ages will not usually cause any harm....
11. Share of Cost, Medi-Cal, Link Between Acetaminophen Use In Adolescents And Doubled Risk Of Asthma New evidence linking the use of acetaminophen to development of asthma and eczema suggests that even monthly use of the drug in adolescents may more than double risk of asthma in adolescents compared to those who used none at all; yearly use was associated with a 50 percent increase in the risk of asthma....