The Maryland Office of the Attorney General reported Wednesday that more than 1,900 health care cost dispute cases were closed in fiscal year 2019, saving or recovering nearly $2.5 million for patients. The Health Education and Advocacy Unit (HEAU) within ...

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The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance has continued its steady rise, but there also has been a steady increase in worker cost-sharing, including through greater adaptation of deductibles, the 20th annual Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey found. The ...

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Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative commends Maryland for taking this important step forward.

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Despite the expectation of a reinsurance program for 2019, Maryland’s individual market health insurers will likely file for significant premium increases when their annual rate requests are released next week. The insurers will not consider the state’s pending reinsurance waiver ...

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Maryland’s leaders are asking the state’s congressional delegation to help find solutions to stabilize the individual health insurance market. In a letter, Gov. Larry Hogan, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael E. Busch asked Congress ...

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To help steady Maryland's struggling health care exchange, Maryland is considering steps some other states have started taking to stabilize insurance markets.

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Maryland Democratic state legislators released the first piece of their plan to combat moves President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made over the past year to undermine the Affordable Care Act. Sen. Brian Feldman and Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk will ...

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One state lawmaker is calling for a special session to soften the impact of cuts to federal subsidies for health insurance, which he said could result in thousands of Marylanders dropping their coverage. Sen. James Brochin, D-Baltimore County, urged Gov. ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that he hopes leads to lower health insurance premiums, but Maryland’s top insurance regulator is questioning whether the order would work in this state. The thrust of Trump’s order instructs the Department of ...

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Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums rose just 3 percent this year, drawing a sharp contrast with the instability of the individual health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act. Overall, the average family premium on an employer plan this year ...

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