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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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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Before we all dive into the details of the long-awaited Senate Republican proposal to overhaul the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as “Obamacare,” let’s take care of one important piece of related business. The backdrop to this proposal, of ...

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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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Health insurers that integrate with providers to create an easy process for members score the highest on customer satisfaction, according to a new study from J.D. Power. Maryland insurers scored highest for customer satisfaction among the regions separated by the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Enrollment in the Maryland Health Exchange thus far has been climbing at faster rates than in previous years, while President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress have taken their first steps to repeal the Affordable Care Act. As ...

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This past summer, MedChi applauded Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh’s announcement that his office had joined the U.S. Department of Justice and other state attorneys general in a lawsuit to block Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s acquisition ...

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