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Health organizations in Maryland are backing a proposal to create an individual health care mandate at the state level.
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New health insurance laws in Maryland taking effect
New laws in Maryland will require insurers to provide benefits for patients with certain health conditions, including high blood sugar levels that pose a risk for diabetes as well as a particular kind of chronic swelling.
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Read More »Md. Senate committee considers complicated health care changes
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers were still making changes to a bill designed to stabilize the individual health insurance market hours before a hearing Wednesday, demonstrating the complexity of finding a solution to federal health care changes. Late changes to a ...
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Read More »Md. lawmakers may be asked to cure health exchange woes
After months of turmoil on Maryland’s individual health exchange, the General Assembly will get its first crack at tackling some of the forces that led to significant increases in premiums this year.
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Read More »Shea eyes incentives for health care, single-payer model
Jim Shea, one of nine declared candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018, said Maryland should become more involved in a push to create a federal single-payer insurance plan
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Read More »New Md. law to protect Planned Parenthood funding could be in play
If either of the Republican proposals to overhaul the nation’s health insurance rules become enacted, it would lead to an early use of Maryland’s new law providing funding for Planned Parenthood in the federal government’s place. Both the health insurance plan released by ...
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Read More »Difficult health care choices may be on horizon for Md.
Maryland could have to decide between cutting coverage or spending a lot more money to fund health care if the U.S. Senate Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act were to become law. The Better Care Reconciliation Act unveiled Thursday would ...
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Read More »Study: Medicaid gives more in rural Md. access to health insurance
As President Donald Trump and his administration look to repeal the Affordable Care Act and make deep cuts to Medicaid, a new study showed evidence that Medicaid expansion has decreased the number of uninsured in rural areas of the country. ...
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Read More »Report: Md. earns failing grades on seniors’ access to drugs
Maryland needs to do more to ensure access to prescription drugs and pain management for seniors, areas where it ranks last and second-to-last in the country, a new report released Wednesday by United Health Foundation said. Overall, the state ranked ...
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Read More »Md. health care groups still wary of federal reforms
Republicans might have pulled the American Health Care Act, but stakeholders in Maryland’s health care community remain wary of any future reform efforts that could come out of the Trump administration or Congress. The Maryland Hospital Association and the Maryland ...
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