[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Fwd: Washington Wire -- October 22, 2015

[Carlos Montas]

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> Date: October 22, 2015 at 3:00:32 PM EDT
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> Subject: Washington Wire -- October 22, 2015
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> October 22, 2015
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> CURRENT NEWS AND UPDATES
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> Social Security Administration Announces No Cost-of-Living Increases for 2016
> The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced that there will not be a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits in 2016. The Social Security Act provides for an automatic increase in Social Security and SSI benefits if there is growth in inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. Since consumer prices were down in 2015, there will not be a COLA for 2016. Learn more by visiting SSA.gov.
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> Employment of People with Disabilities by the U.S. Government Hits All Time High
> In the annual report to President Obama, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), disclosed that federal offices hired 20,615 people with disabilities in 2014, bringing the total number of workers with disabilities to 247,608. This number reflects the largest share of people with disabilities employed by the federal government in 34 years. Learn more by reading the “Report on the Employment of Individuals with Disabilities in the Federal Executive Branch.”
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> STATE CHECK-UP
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> Three More State Health Cooperatives to Shut Down
> Over the past week, it has been announced that three more state health cooperatives will be shut down. The three states that will lose their health co-ops are Oregon, Tennessee, and Colorado.  The Colorado HealthOP has been forced by state regulators to shut down by the end of 2015. In Oregon, Health Republic will pull its plans from the 2016 market and shut down. Health Republic will pay its members claims this year, but will not sell plans in 2016. It is estimated that 27,000 customers will lose their health insurance beginning November 1, 2015 in Tennessee. Read the statement from the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. Learn more about state health co-ops and their futures from The Washington Post.
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> ON THE HORIZON
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> Employer Assistance and Resource Network to Host Webinar on Strategies to Help Employees with Disabilities Stay in the Workforce
> On October 27, from 2-3pm ET, the Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) will host a webinar that will detail strategies employers can use to help valued employees stay at work or return to work following the onset of illness or disability. Learn more and register for the webinar by visiting EARN.
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> For more information on the Washington Wire, please contact Connie Garner at CGarner at ucp.org.
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