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Nursing and rehabilitation care at risk again
In recent years, skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers across the nation have endured billions of dollars in cuts for the care of elder and disabled beneficiaries of Medicare. Here in Maryland, in three of the past five years, payments for the care...Tags: Government Health Care, Medical Specialization, Nursing, Health Insurance, Medicare
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Protect programs that keep kids out of poverty
Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and other members of the congressional "supercommittee" created by this summer's federal deficit ceiling law are charged with making a plan to reduce the federal budget deficit. That's a daunting task. But as new Census...Tags: Parenting, Tax Credits, PTA, Taxation, Insurance
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Upper Chesapeake Health focuses on reducing harm
Upper Chesapeake Health recently announced it has agreed to participate in the Hospital Engagement Network led by VHA Inc., the national health care network. As part of its Partnership for Patients initiative, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid and the...Tags: Government Health Care, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance
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Critics rail against O'Malley's spending plan
Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed budget was assailed on many fronts Wednesday as county executives, education advocates, Maryland hospitals and Republican leaders began making their case against the $36 billion spending plan.
Some said cuts in payments to...Tags: Republican Party, Apple iTunes, Money and Monetary Policy, Personal Income, Interior Policy
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U.S. Labor Dept. sues BBH over failure to produce records
The U.S. Department of Labor is suing Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. and Chief Executive William "Kris" Hathaway for allegedly failing to turn over payroll and retirement account records that had been demanded by federal investigators, the agency...Tags: Litigation, Mental Health, Bank of America Corp., File Sharing, Pratt Street
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Smoking programs not keeping pace
Most states, including Maryland, are not doing enough to protect the public from tobacco or prevent related disease, according to the latest assessment from the American Lung Associationdue out today.
In its 10th annual State of Tobacco Control Report...Tags: Chemical Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pharmaceuticals, Employees, Human Rights
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As America ages, issue of long-term care emerges
When the Obama administration recently backed off a long-term insurance program that was part of the law to overhaul health care, we all lost.
The so-called CLASS Act, which even supporters acknowledge had design flaws, would have allowed workers to...Tags: Finance, Long Term Care, Inflation and Deflation, Insurance, Health Insurance
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'The United States of America does not run out without paying the tab'
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TOWN HALL Ritchie Coliseum University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 11:04 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Maryland! (Applause.) Hello! Nice to see you. Thank you so much. (Applause.) Everybody,...Tags: Slavery, Labor Markets, Sales, Sociology, Health Insurance Cost
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Obama pressures GOP on debt at College Park appearance
After weeks of negotiating behind the scenes, President Barack Obama came to the University of Maryland on Friday in an effort to convince the public that lawmakers could find compromise in their talks over raising nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling....Tags: Justice System, Physical Conditions, Social Security, Wages and Pensions, Maryland General Assembly
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Dentist used paper clips as posts in root canal
A Crofton man pleaded guilty guilty in Massachusetts Superior Court to multiple charges of Medicaid fraud for using pieces of paper clips in root canals instead of standard stainless steel posts, according to an announcement today from the Maryland...Tags: Corporate Crime, Prescription Drugs, Crofton, Maryland State Police, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Plan to save on Medicare drug costs would hurt seniors — and Maryland's economy
In the scramble to cut the nation's debt burden, President Obama, congressional Democrats and even some Republicans have proposed squeezing money out of Medicare by changing the way it pays forprescription drugs.
They claim this would save $112 billion...Tags: Employees, Republican Party, Personal Income, Health Insurance, Elections
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Maryland must protect Medicaid orthotics and prosthetics benefits
Several states have taken the extreme step of trying to modify Medicaid orthotics and prosthetics benefits in order to deny patients access to artificial limbs. I hope Marylanders will oppose allowing this to happen in our state. Opposing cuts to...Tags: Maryland, Government Health Care, Health Insurance
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