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The case against cutting Social Security and Medicare
The president and a few other prominent Democrats are openly suggesting that Social Security payments be reduced by applying a lower adjustment for inflation, and that Medicare be means-tested. This is even before Democrats have begun formal budget...
Tags: Health Insurance, Medicare, Health Insurance Cost, Consumer Confidence, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Advocates, insurers duel over cost of child dental coverage
Like most 3-year-olds, Mariah Venable is a climber and a jumper. And sometimes she lands on her face instead of her legs. Her acrobatic attempts have cost her two baby teeth already — and have left her mother thankful she has good dental...
Tags: Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Cost, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Prince George's County
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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month promotes everyday awareness
March is observed across the nation as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Many survivors, patients, caregivers and others whose lives have been affected by colorectal cancer come together to generate awareness of the importance of getting screened and...Tags: Health Insurance, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Colonoscopy, Diseases and Illnesses
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Sequester debate hides the cold facts of our budget crisis
Federal deficits are too large, and mounting national debt threatens future generations. But as Democrats and Republicans squabble over the mandatory spending cuts known as sequestration that went into effect Friday night, they are failing to face the...
Tags: Health Insurance, Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Cost, Government
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Culleton: Work needed to keep U.S. Postal Service from becoming a dead letter
In Korea, back in the 1950s, a new commander arrived for the small military installation in Ulsan where I was stationed. One of his first acts was to issue a general order which read, "No stupid action will be taken by any member of this command." As a...Tags: Health Insurance, Chicago Housing Authority, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Congress
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Peter Beilenson's next great adventure in health care
Peter Beilenson — doctor and public health visionary, Baltimore health commissioner, Howard County health officer, quick-study scholar and decoder of federal regulations — remains one of our most interesting men. A person whose leadership has...
Tags: Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Heroin, Prince George's County
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MedStar Health plan for Bel Air facility worth scrutinizing
Even as the future of health care and how it will be provided and paid for remain a subject of much discussion at many levels thanks to the enactment of the federal health care reform law that has come to be called ObamaCare by critics and supporters...Tags: Marvin Gaye, Havre de Grace, MedStar Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Local Government
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Letter: Curbing sugar could increase life expectancy of children
Did you know that experts predict our children will be the first generation to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents? You ask, why? Today, children drink more sugar-sweetened beverages than their parents, as children. Too much sugar in the...Tags: Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, High Blood Pressure, PATH, Government Health Care
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Political Corruption, Public Employees, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Take insurance out of health equation
The op-ed by Drs. Joshua M. Sharfstein and Laura Herrera and Charles Milligan ("Caring about costs, too," Sept. 27) offers a compelling set of recommendations to improve the quality of health care while reducing costs. Unfortunately, they neglected to...Tags: Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost
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Women have pivotal role in health reform
With the exciting news that Maryland has received a new federal grant of $123 million to support the establishment of its health benefit exchange — a critical component of President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act —...
Tags: Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Judges, Personal Income
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