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Fair Hearing of the Month
Fair Hearing # 5271606R (7/28/2009)
February 1, 2010
Recipient of PA who has previously been determined to be employable, but now claims an impairment, can not have case closed for failure to provide medical evidence. Read More

Haitian TPS and Medical Assistance Eligibility
January 28, 2010
Haitian applicants for Temporary Protected Status will be eligible for New York's publicly funded medical assistance program if they meet all other financial and non-financial eligibility requirements. Read More

Chubby Checker Twists for SSA
January 21, 2010
Move over Patty Duke. SSA’s latest celebrity feature for Boomers stars Chubby Checker promoting the Medicare “Extra Help” program. Read More

End Note - January 2010
What New Year's Resolution
January 21, 2010
Having trouble sticking to all those New Year’s resolutions you just made? Maybe it is because you made too many. Read More

Bulletin Board - January 2010
January 21, 2010
Barnhart v. Thomas, 124 S. Ct. 376 (2003), Burgess v. Astrue, 537 F.3d 117 (2d Cir. 2008) Read More