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	<title>&#124;Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation&#124; &#038; Disability Lawyer</title>
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		<title>Overview Workers Compensation Agency Services</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/64</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Disease Control CDC has recently published its 2006 United States Life Tables. Effective July 19, 2010, the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services CMS will begin referencing the CDCs Table 1: Life table for the total population: United States, 2006, for WCMSA life expectancy calculations. This means that for any newly submitted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Guide to Disability Rights Laws</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/63</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Guide to Disability Rights Laws is a brief summary of the 11 federal laws that protect the rights of people with disabilities published by the Department of Justice.
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		<title>Extra Help for Medicare Drug Recipients</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/62</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More Medicare beneficiaries will soon qualify for help paying for their prescription drugs. People on Medicare may be eligible to pay no more than $2.50 for generic drugs and $6.30 for each brand name drug thanks to changes to Medicare&#8217;s Low-Income Subsidy Program (also called &#8220;Extra Help&#8221;) that take effect this year. Changes in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wise Up! Attend a Social Security Work Incentive Seminar Event (WISE)</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/61</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are on Social Security Disability (SSD, SSDI)  or Suplemental Security Income (SSI) and you want to explore your options for working, and maintaining your benefits, SSA holds Work Incentive Seminar Events (WISE) throughout the country, where you can learn more. Click on SSA: WISE Event Registration to find out the location of a future meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Allows Claimant to Recover Furlough Benefits and Workers&#8217; Compensation Wage Loss Benefits</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/60</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the amendments of Act 57,  it has become rare for an injured worker to be able to recover both workers compensation benefits and some other form of wage loss benefit. In Kellv v. WCAB (US Air), the Supreme Court allowed just such a &#8220;double recovery&#8221; to happen. Affirming the Commonwealth Court decision, the Supreme Court ruled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring Head Injury Victim Proves That &#8220;Disability&#8221; Is a State of Mind</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/59</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Life changed when Alison Schuback&#8217;s car was struck in October 1997. She became the victim of a head injury. Every head injury is unique. The effects vary greatly. For those with significant head injuries, however, their lives change forever. It is very difficult to recover from a head injury. The head injury victim&#8217;s options are often limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Denies Allocatur in Amodei</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/58</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In Philadelphia Gas Works v. WCAB (AMODEI), 964 A. 2d 963, the Commonwealth Court ruled that employers must use the net rather than gross pension benefit amount when taking offset under Act 57. Today, the Supreme Court denied employer&#8217;s request for allocatur. Congratulations to Daniel Siegel, Esquire on a job well done.
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		<title>The Associated Press: Suits over Iraqi convoy deaths delayed by ruling</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/57</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Convoys were first attacked on April 8, 2004. After the attacks of that day, some KBR e-mails suggested halting all convoys on April 9 because &#8220;there is tons of intel stating that tomorrow will be another bad day.&#8221; 
The next day&#8217;s convoys continued, and as four of them were under attack while a fifth was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IAIBC Comments on New Legislation Advanced to Improve the Medicare Set Asides</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/55</link>
		<comments>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/55#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards &#38; Commissions (IAIABC) is a not-for-profit trade association representing government agencies charged with the administration of workers compensation systems throughout the United States, Canada, and other nations and territories.
It reports that two Pennsylvania legislators are the sponsors of the new bill we previously mentioned - Bristol&#8217;s Patrick Murphy (D) and Tim Murphy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMS Announces that 2005 Life Table 1 Is To Be Used in All MSAs As Of 4/12/10</title>
		<link>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/53</link>
		<comments>http://paworkerscompensation-disability-lawyer.com/archives/53#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Sean McGraw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recently published its 2005 United States Life Tables. Effective April 12, 2010, the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin referencing the CDC&#8217;s Table 1: Life table for the total population: United States, 2005, for WCMSA life expectancy calculations. This means that for any newly submitted [...]]]></description>
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