medicare

Robert Reich: The fates of America and the world depend on Democrats' selection of a presidential candidate.

Water has been restored to Poe Homes but the health care needs of many low-income Baltimore residents are still not being met.

The federal government announced a $1.25 million settlement in a Medicare fraud case against an ambulance company the city of Baltimore hired last year.

By Ian Duncan

Jun 21, 2019

On June 30, come to the Coolest Small Town in America, Sykesville, to participate in the Coolest Mile and run or walk with your family and friends.

Despite interest from advocacy groups and legislators, we are still working to establish some traction for single payer in Maryland. What are we afraid of?

Several other countries have been far more successful than the U.S. in controlling health care spending while preserving private insurance. Here's how.

Cal Thomas: Reducing the debt and reforming entitlements is simple, if you're not a member of Congress.

Johns Hopkins is under scrutiny once again for taking the most financially-strapped patients to court over unpaid medical debt.

The decision by Johns Hopkins to sue low income people for unpaid hospital bills shows the need for Medicare for All.

The Partnership for America's Health Care Future is a front representing major insurance companies, big Pharma and private hospitals who are part of a major industry effort to kill the Medicare for All movement.

Every American deserves access to quality, affordable health care, but the one-size-fits-all “Medicare for All” is the wrong way to achieve that goal.

Governor Hogan has now been given yet another opportunity to improve health care in Maryland with two pieces of bipartisan landmark legislation that have landed on his desk for consideration.

Physicians, politicians and the public must join together to push back against big business and advocate for what many know as “Medicare for All” or “single payer,” but I prefer to call “Health Care for All.”

Donald Trump is our nation's pre-existing condition, says Jules Witcover.

Letters published in the Carroll County Times on March 30.

MedStar Health has agreed to pay $35 million to resolve allegations the hospital system paid kickbacks to a cardiology group in Pikesville in exchange for referrals, according to a statement from Robert Hur, the U.S. attorney for Maryland and other federal investigators. 

By Meredith Cohn

Mar 21, 2019

Carroll County Times letters to the editor.

Judging from the junk phone calls I get, we’re in for a feeding frenzy at the public trough if Medicare for all isn’t done right.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley of Iowa and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings of Maryland are taking aim at the drug industry. So is President Donald Trump.

Maryland Senate president is finding out what state retirees already know - prescriptions are costly and it's worse on Medicare.

Annoyed by unwanted phone calls? Welcome to the bulk of us. On some of them we just hang up. Those that state "don't hang up" make it very simple to do so. Others can be warned off if you say they are violating the federal Do Not Call Registry and that you have their number and will report them.

It doesn't take a billionaire Republican president with a penchant for lying to to twist the facts - a Democratic socialist from the Bronx can do it, too.

South Laurel/Montpelier neighborhood column

The new CEO of Maryland’s largest health insurer wants to explore means of lowering health cost for all state residents, as well as expanding its own reach potentially through the Medicare and Medicaid government health programs.

By Meredith Cohn

Nov 26, 2018

Now that Democrats are poised to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January, taxpayers can expect a major push to achieve the "progressive"

Here's how Gov. Larry Hogan and Democrat Ben Jealous answered The Sun's questions about the biggest issues facing the state — and the editorial board's take on each one.

Since the national Republican Party and our governor are disinclined to rein in drug prices, Marylanders hoping for relief with the bills they pay at the pharmacy, should take a closer look at Democrat Ben Jealous’ health care strategy.

This is an election year and the electronic media is loaded with political ads. My favorite (I have viewed two different versions) warns voters that if they vote for a Democrat some "bad things" will inevitably occur. The joke is that all the "bad things" would be welcomed in this household.

Many of us played the lottery this week in hopes becoming an instant billionaire. The chance of winning was less than 1 in 300 million, yet we all believed we

Jules Witcover: President Trump is not on the ballot, but Americans will still be voting for or against him on Nov. 6.

A federal judge in Maryland district court ruled this week that the state can't force state retirees to switch to a prescription drug plan that many said was too expensive.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Oct 11, 2018

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Democratic challenger Ben Jealous met Monday for the only scheduled debate in the 2018 governor’s race. This transcript was generated through a mix of automated software and human editing.

Marylanders continue to give Republican Gov. Larry Hogan high marks for his management of the state, but they also support several key initiatives of his Democratic challenger, Ben Jealous, according to a new Goucher College poll.

By Luke Broadwater

Sep 18, 2018

 Studying health impacts of disasters for a living, I often think about worst-cases and who bears the brunt. This outlook became unexpectedly relevant several days ago when I sat in the exam chair of a dentist who specializes in root canals and was reminded how fortunate I am to have dental care.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan and leading Maryland Democrats on Wednesday celebrated federal approval of a waiver they say will prevent the state’s Obamacare marketplace from collapse — and save health insurance coverage for about 250,000 state residents.

By Luke Broadwater

Aug 22, 2018

For someone like me who worked hard for the state of Maryland, losing prescription drug benefits in retirement is unfair.

This Pew survey taken of 2,969 respondents, 1,332 of whom were 65 or older, was done a full nine years ago. The opening statement by Taylor perhaps sums up the findings: “Getting old isn’t nearly as bad as people think it will be. Nor is it quite as good."

Money spent on BWI expansion would have been better used to underwrite prescription coverage for government retirees.

Hateful rants directed at single-payer health insurance plan ignore the popularity and success of government-run Medicare.

One of the unions that represents state retirees wants Gov. Larry Hogan and the General Assembly to revisit a decision to move their prescription drug plan to Medicare.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jul 18, 2018

The kind of single-payer health care plan Ben Jealous is proposing would be expensive, but so is the status quo.

State-sponsored health insurance for all Marylanders such as the single-payer plan proposed by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ben Jealous could cost $24 billion a year, forcing lawmakers to significantly raise taxes, according to a nonpartisan analysis.

By Luke Broadwater

Jul 17, 2018

The state will help pay for a year of prescription costs for retirees on Medicare as their drug plan transitions from a state plan to a federal one.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jul 16, 2018

Losing prescription benefits is a big deal to retired state employees.

All the election-year politics surrounding a change to Maryland state retiree prescription drug coverage is obscuring some important facts.

Maryland government retirees are in an uproar over changes coming to their prescription drug coverage after receiving letters from the Hogan Administration that some say are politically charged.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jun 20, 2018

Maryland government retirees are in an uproar over changes coming to their prescription drug coverage after receiving letters from the Hogan Administration that some say are politically charged.

Former NAACP president and CEO Ben Jealous would provide voters with the strongest alternative to Gov. Larry Hogan in November's election.

Maryland's Democratic gubernatorial candidates have many of the same prescriptions for fixing health care, but one big difference, and that's whether the state should move toward a single payer system.

Doc… why did she die?” I had been faced with this question before, and, while never an easy question to answer, I was utterly unprepared to answer it this time. in medical school, they never teach us how to tell grieving family members that an “inability to afford medications" is a cause of death.