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Why the IRS scandal is worse than the others
Happy Father's Day … In over two decades in politics, my least favorite political type was the unabashed "hot dog," that media-seeking missile who would happily sell his grandmother for a 30-second hit on the evening news. The most dangerous...
Tags: Washington, DC, Tea Party Movement, Jim McDermott, Paul Ryan, Taxation
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Obama 'obsession' fueled by radicalism and racism
I've enjoyed reading the more moderate conservative pundits trying to reason with their base to, as Timothy Meyer puts it, get over their "Obama obsession" ("Conservatives: Lose the Obama obsession," May 30). Good luck with that. President Barack Obama...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Healthcare Policies
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Obamacare is working, despite the GOP's obstructionism
There's a great deal of misinformation and misunderstanding about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. After a hundred years of failed attempts, health insurance reform became the law of the land three years ago, and...
Tags: Primaries, U.S. House of Representatives, Elections, Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Emergency doctors can help lower costs
As the nation implements health care reform, emergency care has never been more important. We treat everyone, from babies to seniors, and we see the full spectrum of medical problems that exist. We are available at all times for all people. A new report...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, General Practitioners
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13 insurers want to offer plans on state exchange
Thirteen insurers have submitted plans to offer health insurance on the state exchange, or marketplace where individuals can buy insurance under health care reform, that begins open enrollment in October. The plans must still be certified by the state....
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Substance Abuse, Dentistry and Dental Health, Insurance, Health and Safety at Work
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Howard Hospital celebrates 40 years as county lifeline
Like so much else in Columbia, the taproot of Howard County General Hospital reaches down to James Rouse. In the late 1960s, the founder of Columbia asked Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Connecticut General Insurance Co., which was financing Columbia, to...
Tags: Howard County, Lobbying, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Stroke Rehabilitation, Howard County General Hospital
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Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home
On this Memorial Day weekend, as we remember with deepest gratitude the sacrifice of America's military heroes, we also offer our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. I've dedicated a half-dozen columns to the single most...
Tags: Max Baucus, Judges, Boston Scientific Corporation, John D. Rockefeller IV, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges
Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House. THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Baltimore! (Applause.) Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Apple iPad, Barbara A. Mikulski, Budget Control Act of 2011, Labor Legislation
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Obamacare's tax on innovation
Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...
Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Medical Research, Instrument Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
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The hollowing out of government
The chemical and fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn't been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. (A partial inspection by a...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Prosecution, Taxation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Small Businesses
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Group chosen to help implement health reform settled with feds over fraud
Maryland tapped the nonprofit Seedco to help implement health care reform despite a $1.7 million settlement the agency agreed to in December to resolve a federal fraud suit. The U.S. government sued the agency, saying it defrauded a federal employment...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Worcester County, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Health Insurance
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O'Malley administration settles suit over Medicaid backlog
The O'Malley administration has settled a class action lawsuit brought by critics who accused the state of failing low-income and disabled Marylanders by regularly taking nearly a year to approve medical assistance applications as part of a severe...
Tags: Diabetes, Employment Opportunities, Conservation, Justice System, Personal Income
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