The Social Security Administration will add symptomatic Huntington's Disease to its Compassionate Allowances program for adults by the end of the year. The expedited disability process will identify people with significant symptoms of this devastating neurological disease. Adult Huntington's Disease

The combined June/July 2012 edition of the Health Law PA News and Senior Health News, free bi-monthly newsletters from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, is now available from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project

A budget shortfall of $1 million for North Penn Legal Services, the only free civil legal aid provider in Northeast PA and a member of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, forced the organization to lay off 15% of its staff, and close two offices effective June 30. Those layoffs consist of attorneys

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging has announced a new tollfree number to help consumers with questions about long-term living and services for people with disabilities. The Link to Aging and Disability Resource Center line, 1-800-753-8827, is answered by trained customer service staff. Hours of

Without Congressional Action, Stark Cut-off Could Expose Millions to Greater Economic Instability Americans who lose their jobs this week and hereafter will only have access to jobless aid provided by their states - 26 weeks in most cases - and will not be eligible for any federal unemployment

Pennsylvania's new state budget ends the General Assistance program on August 1, 2012. The program was originally slated to terminate on July 1 but was extended for an additional month when the final budget was passed to allow recipients to be notified of the termination of the program. General

The Social Security Administration has announced that Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers, will electronically transmit complete medical records for its patients to the agency with the appropriate consent. Social Security requests about 70,000 patient files from

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board have released a guidance that will be used in determining the compensation or other remedy that borrowers will receive for financial injury identified during the Independent Foreclosure Review. The agencies also announced