A health insurance mandate aimed at drawing more people into Maryland’s insurance market could help reduce premiums and make insurance more affordable, supporters said Thursday. Legislation to create a penalty for people who do not have health insurance was heard ...

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The board of trustees of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange has approved parameters for an application for a reinsurance waiver from the federal government, opening the door to lowering rates for the 2019 plan year on the individual health exchange. The ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan approved one reinsurance bill adopted by the legislature and a second reinsurance bill gained final passage Thursday, but these measures likely remain short-term solutions to the state’s individual health insurance market woes. A reinsurance program will likely ...

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Enrollments on Maryland's marketplace health coverage dropped about 2.5 percent from last year, the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange announced Thursday.

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland leaders, officials and advocates started their crucial final push to sign up the state’s uninsured on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces Tuesday, with just 10 days remaining in the open enrollment period. The state’s enrollment numbers have ...

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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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Maryland's health department says more than 80,000 residents have enrolled in health coverage through the state's insurance exchange since the second open enrollment period began Nov. 15.

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Johns Hopkins Medicine issued a public warning to consumers on Thursday that its hospitals and providers are not covered by some UnitedHealthcare insurance plans sold on the state’s health exchange.

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With just under a month to go before open enrollment on the state’s revamped health exchange, officials say they’re on schedule and prepared — even eager — for the launch.

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Francisco Velazco couldn't wait any longer. For several years, the 35-year-old Seattle handyman had searched for an orthopedic surgeon who would reconstruct the torn ligament in his knee for a price he could afford.

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