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Traumatic Brain Injuries From Playing Football In The NFL

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A fast-growing lawsuit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has been filed against the NFL by nearly 4,000 former football players. They claim that the NFL “propagated its own industry-funded and falsified research to support its position” that athletes cannot receive long-term brain damage from playing football. The league’s highest medical experts have for years …

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Good Morning America Host Discloses Myelodysplastic Syndrome Diagnosis

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Television personality Robin Roberts has disclosed that she has Myelodysplastic Syndrome, which can qualify an individual to receive long-term disability benefits. Myelodysplastic syndromes, commonly referred to as MDS, are not easily categorized. They encompass numerous different diseases and are a group of blood and bone marrow disorders. In MDS, stem cells do not mature normally. As such, …

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New Department Of Labor Rule Strengthens Protections For Long-Term Disability Claimants

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On December 16, 2016, the Department of Labor announced the release of a Final Rule to strengthen consumer protections for private-sector workers making long-term disability insurance benefit claims for benefits from their workplace disability insurance plans. This action ensures that disability claimants will receive a full and fair review of their claims, as required by …

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Important Changes For Long-Term Disability Claims In 2018

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Before you apply for long-term disability benefits, it’s important to understand the laws governing most disability insurance plans. New regulations were released and began on January 1, 2018. These new regulations add new due process rights for claimants whom insurance companies have mistreated in the past. This is good news for claimants. However, insurance companies have been …

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The Hartford Now Owns Aetna’s Long-Term Disability Group Insurance Division

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If you have a long-term disability insurance claim that has been managed by Aetna, and now letters are coming to you on letterhead from the Hartford, do not be alarmed. That’s because Hartford entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aetna’s U.S. group life and disability business in October 2017. This means that Hartford has …

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