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Two years after a Frostburg football players' death, the University System of Maryland has its head in the sand when it comes to the danger of head injuries in intercollegiate sports.

Carolyn Quattrocki leads Maryland Governor's Office of Health Care Reform

Patient recalls the dating-game aspect of finding a medical practice

Maryland small businesses buying health coverage for their employees through a new state insurance marketplace could pay anywhere from 5 percent less to 15 percent more in premiums next year under rates state regulators approved Tuesday.

Attacks like those on Sept. 11 are catastrophic but rare; our focus on them leads us to ignore more mundane but pressing threats.

The Bel Air town commissioners are scheduled to vote on an Inter-Agency Police Services Agreement during their Sept. 16 town meeting, an agreement designed to cement Bel Air police officers' participation in a municipal SWAT team.

Steps can be taken to lower car insurance costs for Baltimore drivers

As Maryland health officials ready a push to enroll the state's estimated 800,000 uninsured residents in coverage becoming available Jan. 1, they face a test of finding them first.

Marylanders, with the help of a catchy jingle and the Baltimore Ravens, will urge their peers to sign up for new health insurance coverage available through federal reforms in an advertising campaign launching this month, health officials said Tuesday.

Lame-duck governor should make auto insurance reform a high priority

A 24-year-old Virginia man who fled the country earlier this year after being charged with arson in Maryland was arrested on Tuesday at Washington Dulles International Airport, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Much of the attention over what changes federal health reform will bring has focused on doctor's visits and hospital stays. But what about dental care?

It's long overdue and comes with a steep cost for the city's poor, but the Housing Authority of Baltimore City has now set a welcome precedent that it will not ignore court judgments against it.

Using funds meant to help poor families find affordable places to live, Baltimore's public housing agency has paid nearly $6.8 million to satisfy long-standing court judgments against it for lead poisoning suffered by six former residents when they were young children years ago.

The Washington Nationals are suing an insurance company in an effort to recover $1million of the signing bonus they gave to a fraudulent Dominican prospect in 2006.

Lexington National, a bond insurer, says state has lost more than $1 million because of lax enforcement

Six months after former Social Security Administration commissioner Michael J. Astrue left his post, the Obama administration has yet to nominate a replacement — leaving a leadership gap as the agency wrestles with shrinking budgets and hard choices.

Baltimore is right to use a dependent audit to make sure all those who have health insurance through the city government are really eligible for it.

The Sun's headline on Aetna's decision to pull out of Maryland's health insurance exchange was misleading.

Obamacare exchanges rob consumers of choice and force them to buy more expensive plans.

Aetna Inc. canceled plans to sell insurance on Maryland's health insurance exchange as the insurer weighs participation in such marketplaces, set to open nationwide Oct. 1 as part of federal health care reform.

An influential U.S. health care panel's recommendation for lung cancer screening of high-risk patients could fortify Baltimore-area hospitals' efforts to prevent deaths from the disease, which kills more each year than the next four deadliest cancers combined.

Is Obamacare responsible for rising health insurance rates in Md.?

With some of the lowest projected insurance rates in the nation, Maryland leads the way in creating a vibrant health insurance exchange.

Maryland Insurance Commissioner Therese M. Goldsmith Friday released approved premium increases for nine insurance companies who applied to sell plans to individuals through a state exchange, called Maryland Health Connection, established under health reform.

Baltimore residents with only a high school degree and a blue collar job often pay more for auto insurance than white collar professionals with a college diploma, according to a survey released Monday by the Consumer Federation of America.

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On behalf of the Bel Air Independence Day Committee Inc., I wish to thank the greater Bel Air and Harford County community for its response to this year's parade