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Campaign to highlight options for uninsured
For those who have heart disease, cancer, diabetes or another condition, buying health insurance can be impossible.
"I was denied, denied, denied," said Jamie Engels, a 29-year-old Baltimore woman with a kidney disorder, about applying for private...Tags: Cancer, Government Health Care, Healthcare Policies, Heart Disease, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Rush to judgment on birth control
Rush Limbaugh is the reigning shock jock of conservative political punditry — insults, outrage and outsized bluster are his stock in trade — so it takes quite an uproar for him to apologize. But that's what he has done at least twice now, if...Tags: Family Planning, Health Treatments, Cancer, Mutual Funds, Government Health Care
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Obamacare: the 2,300-page monstrosity
The most important six hours of recent American history will start to unfold on Monday. That day, the Supreme Court begins three days of oral argument on the legal challenge to President Barack Obama's health care reform law ("Obamacare"). The Court's...
Tags: Thomas Mann, Lawyers, Government Health Care, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi
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Supreme Court begins hearings on health care law
It was 1942 when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that Congress could influence wheat prices by telling farmers how much they could grow.
So the idea that Congress mandate that all Americans buy health insurance isn't that far-fetched and has legal...Tags: Lawyers, David Brinkley, Sales, Frederick County (Maryland), U.S. Supreme Court
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Health care jujitsu
If the Supreme Court decides the so-called "individual mandate" requiring everyone to buy health insurance is an unconstitutional extension of federal authority, the law starts unraveling. But with a bit of political jujitsu, President Barack Obama...
Tags: Lawyers, Government Health Care, Medicare, Judges, Business Enterprises
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Obamacare: the 2,300-page monstrosity
The most important six hours of recent American history will start to unfold on Monday. That day, the Supreme Court begins three days of oral argument on the legal challenge to President Barack Obama's health care reform law ("Obamacare"). The Court's...Tags: Thomas Mann, Lawyers, Government Health Care, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi
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Obama unleashed
Politicians and presidents of both parties have occasionally suffered from open-mic syndrome, saying something when they thought the microphone was turned off they wished had not been made public. The latest to fall prey to that amplification of the...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Dmitry Medvedev, Treaties, Vladimir Putin, National Government
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A health care reform backup plan
With a far more contentious hearing than expected before the Supreme Court, President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA) could be struck down by a sharply divided court when it rules in June. If that happens, insurance will continue to be priced...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Health Care Reform (2009), Howard County
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Health exchanges will benefit Maryland families
It's no wonder Maryland families are so hard pressed to find good, affordable health insurance — premiums have outpaced earnings, and the field of insurance options is confusing. Even if a family is fortunate enough to have coverage, it's hard to...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Insurance, Family, Health Insurance, Healthcare Laws
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Bring back the 'public option'
The way health care is administered in the United States is unsustainable and in need of fundamental reengineering — right? During the 2008 presidential race, the country appeared to be in agreement on this point. But that all changed somewhere,...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Europe, Medicaid
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Most private employers providing health insurance to workers
Just 17 percent of Maryland’s adult private sector workers went without health insurance in 2010, compared with 22 percent nationally, according to a report put out by the Maryland Health Care Commission. The commission looks at private employers...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Employees, Employment Opportunities, Employment
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Cigna completes purchase of HealthSpring Inc.
Connecticut-based Cigna Corp. said Tuesday that it has closed on its $3.8 billion acquisition of HealthSpring Inc., a health care company that specializes in the Medicare Advantage market. HealthSpring bought Baltimore-based Bravo Health last year for...Tags: Government Health Care, Government Health Care, Companies and Corporations, Healthcare Industry, Medicare
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