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Scrabble at the Bain Center
Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •Acting Up! Most Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater club...Tags: Father's Day, Wii, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Howard County
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The high cost of waiting
As a nation, our collective attention is increasingly drawn to the way in which health care costs are crippling the economy. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects this cost, if unchecked, could rise to $3.4 trillion in 2015, a whopping...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Technology, Internists, Medical Procedures and Tests, General Practitioners
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Baltimore County makes damaging cuts to Medicaid program
Either County Councilman David Marks and county Chief of Staff Don Mohler are untruthful or they are sadly misinformed about the Baltimore County budget ("Balto. Co. Council poised to adopt 'bare-bones budget,'" May 17). The county is laying off the...Tags: Long Term Care, Medicaid, David Marks, Nursing Homes, Health Insurance
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Baltimore welcomes a new archbishop
Today's installation of William E. Lori as the 16th archbishop of Baltimore is a noteworthy event, not only for the half-million Catholics in an archdiocese that stretches from Middle River to the mountains of Western Maryland, but for non-Catholics, too....
Tags: The Pentagon, Health Care Reform (2009), Labor Legislation, Health Insurance, Health Treatments
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Maryland health spending rises
Marylanders spent $44.5 million on personal health care in 2010 as expenditures in the state continued to outpace the nation, according to a new report. Spending on services including hospital care, prescription drugs and long-term care increased 3.5...Tags: Long Term Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Prescription Drugs, Nursing Homes
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Government is flawed, but markets are too
This column may stress you out. It stressed me out just writing it. Start counting on your fingers how many of the following aggravations you have encountered personally. Ready? •You call a customer line to report a problem with some product or...
Tags: Insurance, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicare, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Obama might wish he hadn't met 'Julia'
Meet "Julia." She is the star of an infographic created for President Barack Obama's re-election website to illustrate the policy differences between him and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The slide show follows Julia from the age of 3, when her...
Tags: Head Start, Republican Party, Facebook, Parties and Movements, Elections
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Treasury Secretary Geithner speaks to Greater Baltimore Committee
Speaking to hundreds of Baltimore's business leaders in Harbor East on Thursday morning, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner praised President Barack Obama's handling of the recession and outlined his boss' financial reform wish list, which...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Timothy Geithner, Money and Monetary Policy, Labor Legislation, Companies and Corporations
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Longtime BBH executive laid off by clinic board
The directors of Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc., a major drug treatment provider in Baltimore, have laid off longtime executive William "Kris" Hathaway, as the once high-flying nonprofit continues to cut costs. The board of directors had earlier...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Unemployment, Health Insurance, American Express Company
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Not enough doctors
The Supreme Court's ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, expected in June, will determine the future for countless Americans. Health care reform debates have elevated the plight of millions of uninsured Americans to the national...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Health and Medical Professionals, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Health Insurance
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The GOP's spendthrift ways
There's a tendency among some to shorthand the ongoing federal budget debate as between Republicans who want to reduce government spending and Democrats who don't. This isn't really the case, as recent actions in the House have demonstrated. On...Tags: White House, The Pentagon, Layoffs and Downsizing, Leon Panetta, Paul Ryan
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Obama and Romney surprisingly similar on health care
With Mitt Romney essentially assured the Republican nomination for president, the time has arrived to compare his (supposedly) differing viewpoints on health reform with President Barack Obama's. As many commentators and policy analysts have recognized,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Labor Legislation, Health Insurance, Democratic Party
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