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Social Security to Provide Helpful Health Care Information to Over 3 Million Disability Applicants Each Year
03/11/2010

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Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that the agency is providing helpful health care information and website links to the more than three million individuals who apply each year for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits.

The website links take disability applicants to two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) websites – www.healthfinder.gov where they will find information and tools to help them better understand and cope with their conditions; and www.healthfinder.gov/rxdrug where they may be able to get help paying for prescription drugs.

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PUC Releases Winter Edition of the "Keystone Connection" Report
03/11/2010

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has released the winter edition of the Keystone Connection report. The quarterly report represents the PUC’s efforts to provide beneficial information to the public about important developments in the electric, natural gas, transportation, telecommunications and water markets.

The publication's format contains coverage of all utilities under the PUC’s jurisdiction, including news on consumer issues and general information on Commission happenings.

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New Ideas for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention in PA
03/11/2010

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A grim reality in Pennsylvania, according to the latest state numbers, is that nine out of every 1,000 children are suspected victims of child abuse or neglect. However, experts now say more can be done to keep those kids safe.

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Senate HELP Committee Approves Three LSC Board Nominees
03/10/2010

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today approved the nominations of three White House appointees to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.

The three nominees are Sharon L. Browne, a principal attorney in the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Individual Rights Practice group and a member of the foundation’s senior management; Charles Norman Wiltse Keckler, who teaches civil procedure and evidence at Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law, and Victor B. Maddox, a partner in the Louisville, Ky., law firm of Fultz Maddox Hovious & Dickens, PLC.

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Attorney General Announces $12 Million Consumer Settlement with LifeLock over "ID Theft Protection" Claims
03/10/2010

Pennsylvania, along with 34 other states, has reached a $12 million settlement with LifeLock Inc, an Arizona-based company accused of making confusing or misleading statements in the advertisement and promotion of its identity theft protection services.

The settlement includes an $11 million national fund for consumer relief, along with $1 million to support future consumer protection investigations and education by the states. All eligible LifeLock customers will be contacted directly by the Attorney General's Office and the Federal Trade Commission with instructions about how to file a claim.

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