Thursday’s Supreme Court decision was a win for supporters of the Affordable Care Act, but advocates and officials in Maryland — where consumers weren’t in danger of losing insurance subsidies —are still working to implement the law’s goals. The cost ...

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“The people in Maryland should know there is a lot of preparation going on," says the state's top health official.

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Dr. Joshua Sharfstein announced Wednesday that he will step down as head of the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to join Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Maryland's online health care exchange has some significant problems that are not on track to be corrected by the March 31 deadline for open enrollment, and officials are exploring other options for the second enrollment period starting in November, state officials told a legislative oversight panel on Monday.

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Maryland health officials on Monday expressed confidence the state was ready to open its new health insurance marketplace and address problems that could arise with the large undertaking. Becca Pearce, executive director of Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, said that while ...

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Maryland’s health department has confirmed three cases of West Nile virus in the Baltimore area. The department announced this year’s first confirmed cases in the state on Friday. All three people are adults. Health officials say West Nile virus has ...

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ELKTON — Maryland officials on Friday met to talk about plans to reduce deaths from drug overdoses by 20 percent statewide by the end of 2015. Gov. Martin O’Malley joined federal, state and local officials at a discussion on the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — More than 41,000 drug and alcohol addicts in Maryland are estimated to be eligible for health insurance next year under the federal health overhaul, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Maryland’s health ...

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Maryland’s health secretary is calling for emergency regulations to add synthetic drugs known as “bath salts” to the state’s controlled dangerous substances list. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on Thursday declared the drugs ...

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Maryland’s health secretary is considering classifying synthetic drugs known as “bath salts” as controlled dangerous substances, making them illegal. Many states have already banned bath salts, which are often sold online and mimic the effects of cocaine or methamphetamines. They ...

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