The April edition of the Senior Health News, a free bi-monthly newsletter, is now available from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please see their website at www.phlp.org.

In 2011, Pennsylvania low-income wage earners received over seven and one-half million dollars in tax refunds by filing their state and federal tax returns through a free online program - PA I-CAN!® E-File - pioneered in the state by Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services (SPLAS). PA I-CAN!® E

The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approved funding legislation on April 26, 2012 that provides $328 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in Fiscal Year 2013, a cut of $20 million from current levels.

The Social Security Board of Trustees has released its annual report on the financial health of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined assets of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds will be exhausted in 2033, three years sooner than projected last

With weather forecasts calling for significant accumulations of heavy wet snow in western Pennsylvania, the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) reminded customers of what to do when the electricity goes out. When electricity is lost, priority restoration is given to locations that can restore

The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) marked up funding legislation on April 19, 2012 that provides $328 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in Fiscal Year 2013. Most of LSC’s funding is used to support

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) on Tuesday approved funding legislation that provides $402 million for the Legal Services Corporation, a $54 million increase from current levels. Most of the funding would provide grants to

As many as 140,000 Americans nationwide will get their Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits restored as a result of an order issued by Judge Sidney H. Stein in a federal court in Manhattan on April 13, 2012. The benefits in question date back to October 2006 and may total