Healthcare
Filing Deadline For Md. Health Plans Was April 1
Health insurers are filing health benefit plans designed to be sold in the individual and small group markets on the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange.
House Advances Measure To Pay For Health Exchange
The House of Delegates has advanced a measure to expand Medicaid eligibility and create a funding stream for Maryland’s health benefit exchange as part of the federal health care overhaul.
Loopholes Allowed Health Care Worker To Transmit Hepatitis C To Patients
He’s accused of exposing nearly 2,000 patients to hepatitis, including several in Maryland. Now a new report details how a healthcare worker lied to keep working at hospitals in eight different states.
4 More Hepatitis C Cases in Maryland Found Related To Infected Worker
The former lab tech accused of exposing hundreds of people to Hepatitis C is now believed to have more victims here in Baltimore.
Experts Say Improve Mental Health Care Or Mass Shootings Will Continue
Family members say the gunman in last week’s Sandy Hook school massacre battled mental health problems for most of his life. What can we do to stop these mass killings?
Maryland To Ban Sale Of Crib Bumpers
Maryland will ban the sale of baby crib bumper pads next year, saying the items have no benefit but potentially serious risks to infant health.
Opinion: Akin’s Position On Rape And Abortion Is The GOP Platform
The basic fact is that Romney, Ryan and Republican’s are uncomfortable with a few of the words Congressman Akin used. They are not, however, uncomfortable with the policy position he was expressing. The record shows that they march in lockstep with Congressman Akin.
Lt. Gov. Brown To Discuss Health Enterprise Zones
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown will be holding a public forum on an initiative to try to improve health care in underserved areas.
Health Advocates Cheer Use Of Alcohol Tax
Maryland health officials are highlighting $14.3 million they can use to expand community-based, long-term care for seniors and the physically disabled with the help of an increased state alcohol tax, which has been in effect for a little more than year.
Baltimore’s Archbishop Leads Fight Against President Obama’s Birth Control Mandate
Should the Catholic church mix politics and faith? Some say ‘no’ as the church gears up to take on the Obama administration over it’s new healthcare mandate.
House, Senate Pass Health Exchange Bill
The Maryland General Assembly has passed a measure to create a framework for a health insurance market place to provide coverage to the uninsured.
Lt. Gov., Congressman Address Childhood Dental Care
Healthy smile, healthy kids. Maryland lawmakers are on Capitol Hill working to improve dental care for children.
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