Category Archives: SSA and VA News

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced Monday, April 30, that a new online feature allows veterans to access their own medical images and any associated reports. The feature, called VA Medical Images and Reports, is accessible through the My HealtheVet patient portal. Veterans with a premium account can view x-rays, mammograms, MRIs, CTs […]

As far as Jeanette Laffoon knew, her bill was dead. After a promising start in 2017, the state House of Representatives, House Bill 1239 went to the state Senate where it failed to make it further than the committee level. “I was so excited and then it died in committee and I was devastated,” says […]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrae/2018/04/03/social-security-medicare-changes-2018/#1f6f6d04640b

https://healthpayerintelligence.com/news/cms-final-rule-aims-to-lower-medicare-prescription-drug-costs

https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Editorial-Waiting-dying-for-SSDI-12714874.php

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article201106029.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/03/18/how-medicaid-expansion-pays-for-itself/#1abdebc5fdd6

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/365390-reforms-are-needed-to-fix-social-security-disability-insurance

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/01/bad-social-security-advice-cost-recipients-131-million.html

https://www.freep.com/story/money/personal-finance/susan-tompor/2018/03/03/fraudulent-tax-returns-social-security/372868002/