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March 16, 2010
Article in the New York Times featuring comments from Kristen Dama of Community Legal Services regarding the dramatic price increase for people enrolled in the AdultBasic health insurance program in Pennsylvania.
March 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
March 11, 2010
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
March 11, 2010
From Public News Service Press Play (>) for Audio Report 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.
March 10, 2010
Editorial from the New York Times about the hiring of Laurence Tribe, the prominent Harvard Law School professor and constitutional scholar, by Attorney General Eric Holder to lead his campaign to look at ways indigent legal services can be improved.
March 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
March 10, 2010
Commentary in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Jonathan M. Stein and Kristen Dama of Community Legal Services about changes taking place in adultBasic, a state health-insurance program run by Pennsylvania's four Blue Cross plans. AdultBasic, which provides bare-bones coverage for people who cannot
March 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

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