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Secretary Seeks Fast Track to Process Claims - Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Focus on 200,000 Veterans Expected to File Claims under New Agent Orange Presumptives over Next Two Years
BBC News - DVD offers crime prevention advice for deaf people
A DVD offering advice to deaf people on crime prevention has been made by an officer after he realised sections of the community were missing out.
Furniture retailer Phyl Rubin shares her secret to help others with MS - The Boston Globe
After 40 years, furniture retailers go public about her fight with multiple sclerosis
Education Department To Step Up Enforcement Of Disability Rights - Disability Scoop
The federal government is redoubling its efforts to crack down on civil rights violations against students with disabilities and other minority groups, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday.
Health overhaul would help the childless poor | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/08/2010
What is clear is that an expanded Medicaid would cover a wide range of people, from uninsured young adults to empty nesters to divorced spouses and widows left without insurance. Many of these folks have un-met health needs. The number of people on Medicaid who have severe mental illness and substance abuse addictions is expected to more than double if the overhaul passes. The legislation would also bridge a gap for unemployed and uninsured Americans who are not old enough to qualify for Medicare, federal health insurance for the elderly.
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