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PAN advocate Jean Burns accepts the Milly Kondracke Award for Oustanding Advocacy from Morton Kondracke on October 20, 2009.

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Senate Passes Extension for Exceptions Process to Medicare Therapy Caps

Thursday, 11 March 2010--The U.S. Senate yesterday passed a large bill that included an extension, through the end of 2010, to the exceptions process for the Medicare therapy caps.  PAN is pleased that the Senate took action on this issue that is so important to the Parkinson’s community.  We look forward to working with the House to extend the exceptions process for the therapy caps. More »

PAN Supports VA Initiative to Streamline Agent Orange Claims

Tuesday, 09 March 2010--The Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) supports the announcement today by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to solicit private sector input on “fast tracking” the disability claims process for service-connected disability filed by Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange.  This announcement comes as the VA expects to receive 200,000 disability claims over the next two years after the expansion of three service-connected disabilities in relation to Agent Orange.  Parkinson’s More »

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