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Instead of passing a ruinous health care bill, Congress ought to embrace single payer concept.

Senators should not deny Americans health insurance to give a handout to the wealthy.

Here is the core problem with the Senate Republican health care plan: it is all about politics, not health care, says David Horsey.

The Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that the ranks of the uninsured would increase by 22 million Americans under a Senate bill to replace

Describing Medicaid proposal as a 'cut' is highly misleading.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is threatening to work with Democrats on health care? That's rich.

Per Jennifer Rubin's Op-Ed piece in The Washington Post (and re-printed in the Carroll County Times on June 29), I am offering my opinion on the draft Senate

I think the flawed Republican health-care plan is very much open to criticism, from the left and the right, but this rhetoric is repugnant and dangerously stupid.

Donald Trump that he who, as he might put it, is "the enemy of the people," says Jules Witcover.

Maryland on Saturday will become the first state in the nation to protect funding for Planned Parenthood from a possible federal cutoff.

Congress and the White House produce costly, ineffective immigration policies

Affordable Care Act has put U.S. on unsustainable health care path

If Kellyanne Conway thinks there are no cuts to Medicaid, she should ask the people who stand to lose coverage.

WASHINGTON — Pushing off a vote on the horrible Senate health care bill (the Better Care Reconciliation Act) is a victory, but not cause for opponents of

The Senate's bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act is not a health-care bill. It's a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans paid for by the poorest

If President Donald Trump thought the House's health care bill was "mean," what's the right word for the Senate version?

he Senate Republican bill would take away billions of dollars from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, and spend that money on a big tax break for wealthy people.

After weeks of closed-door deliberations on their version of Obamacare repeal and replacement bill, Senate Republicans and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are peddling it to a reluctant flock.

The Senate health care bill would be a disaster for America’s health care system generally, but its effects would be even worse for Maryland. Here’s why.

The U.S. Senate’s health care bill, set to be voted on this week, carries worrisome ramifications for every one of us in Maryland, not just for those who will lose their health care coverage.

The GOP-controlled Senate revealed a draft of its plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, on Thursday, to mixed reviews.

Sentenced as a juvenile, former inmate Mark Grant seeks resolution of innocence claim.

Our neighbor George recently commented on the combative issue of health care for Americans. Instead of starting with health care as either "privileged " (those

I find myself in a tug-of-war with Donald Trump and his gilded sidekicks over my health care coverage. It's hardly a fair match.

Legislation unveiled by Senate Republican leaders to dismantle President Barack Obama's health care law ran into swift internal opposition Thursday, once again throwing into doubt the GOP's ability to make good on a years long campaign promise to repeal the controversial program.

The Senate's health care bill is just as bad as the House's.

As U.S. Senate leaders prepare to unveil their plan to remake the Affordable Care Act over time, Md. officials must press ahead with the system as it stands.

A majority of voters in deeply red congressional districts oppose the health care overhaul approved by the House last month, according to a new poll.

More than three dozen organizations are calling on Maryland's insurance regulator to reject big rate increases proposed by the state's dominant carrier, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, for plans sold to individuals on the exchange created by the Affordable Care Act

For all the pumps of hand sanitizer that have cropped up everywhere in recent years to help prevent the spread of germs and illness, an even more plentiful

Sen. Ben Cardin made stops throughout Carroll County on Friday to talk with local leaders.

Approval from the insurance administration clears the way for Evergreen to finalize a deal to be acquired and convert to a for-profit insurer.

The Trump administration and the GOP Congress are doing damage to women's health care.

The tumultuous past week provided reassuring evidence that there are still a few fully-functioning adults in the U.S. Congress — and not all of them sit on the

On the domestic front, Donald Trump's agenda is in a shambles. It's up to Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan to lead.

Patrick Mutch, the new CEO of Chase Brexton Health Care, prides himself on being a straight shooter.

With some 75 million beneficiaries nationwide, including 1.3 million in Maryland, proposed cuts to the 52-year-old Medicaid program have become a key stumbling block as the Senate considers the health care legislation approved by the Republican-controlled House in May.

The dream of implementing single-payer health care across the Golden State comes with a gobsmacking annual price tag: $400 billion — more than twice California's annual budget. So maybe this is a good opportunity to look for another homegrown solution to the problem of health care.

Donald Trump's desire to scrap Obamacare's birth control mandate is about controlling women

Proposed Trump administration regulations would allow any employer — from a tiny, faith-based non-profit to a global conglomerate — to substitute its values for those if its workers.

Robert Reich: Donald Trump's hatefulness and vindictiveness have normalized a new meanness in America.

"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right" — well here we are — stuck in the middle. I know this is how most Americans must feel right now. With every

Washington is playing games with health care and Marylanders must fight to protect the most vulnerable among us

A $3.9 trillion federal budget proposal expected to be unveiled by the Trump administration Tuesday will call for deep cuts to safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps while increasing spending for infrastructure and a paid parental leave program.

A senior White House official said former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers is being considered as a candidate to replace FBI Director James Comey, who was

Donald Trump's budget slashes social safety net programs Trump voters rely on.

When we buy an automobile, it is not necessary to know the displacement of the engine or even how it works. Instead we seek bottom line performance metrics such as fuel economy, acceleration and safety ratings to determine value. This is how health care purchasing decisions will evolve.

Study shows the state of U.S. health care is an international disgrace with or without Obamacare

Trumpcare will have the same unpleasant outcome as Obamacare because the basic flaw in both is allowing healthy citizens the option to avoid health care premium payments until they are seriously ill at which time the cost becomes enormous. Young, healthy citizens will never be induced to voluntarily purchase health insurance. Ultimately, Trumpcare will become untenable, and the country will be forced to consider the obvious solution: universal health care.

From what I've heard, Leslie Simmons is a caring nurse and is now CEO of Carroll Hospital. I read her "Other Voices" column on May 14 and agree heartily about