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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: Medicare, Health Insurance, Social Security, Finance, Retirement
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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: Family, Barack Obama, Dentistry and Dental Health, Health Insurance, Republic of Ireland
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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: Colon Cancer, Health Insurance, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Skin Cancer, 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: Productivity, Health Care Reform (2009), Barack Obama, Bankruptcy, Health Insurance
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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: Government Postal Delivery, Elections, Health Insurance, Chicago Housing Authority, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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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 Care Reform (2009), Family, Howard County, White Marsh, Skype
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Ken Ulman, High Blood Pressure, PATH
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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: Government, Health Care Reform (2009), Johns Hopkins Hospital, National Government, Marvin Gaye
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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: Economic Sanctions, Water Supply, Social Security, Gross Domestic Product, Religious Conflicts
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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: Family, Health Care Reform (2009), Barack Obama, Judges, Health Insurance
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