ANNAPOLIS A bill to require Maryland insurers and managed care companies to pay for annual chlamydia screenings for their high-risk members is a step closer to becoming law
Kaiser Denies Claims, Bromwell Skeptical
ANNAPOLIS Kaiser Permanente is denying allegations that it plans to set up a private emergency system in Maryland that would compete with the state’s own 9-1-1 service, but Maryland lawmakers have their doubts about the company’s assurances
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ANNAPOLIS Prompted by constituent complaints about managed care and the rising number of Marylanders without health insurance, two lawmakers have introduced legislation to design a universal health care plan for the state
Bills for Newborn Hearing Screening Draw Support
ANNAPOLIS A Senate Finance Committee hearing Friday was packed with supporters of a bill to require all newborns in Maryland hospitals have a hearing test before they are discharged
Bill To Aid Food Allergy Sufferers Irks Restaurants
ANNAPOLIS As a food allergy sufferer, Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, D-Baltimore, knows all too well the risks of eating out
Legislators Fight for Bill to Hold Managed Care Companies Liable
ANNAPOLIS Maryland patients could be given the right to sue their managed care organizations for the first time under legislation backed by more than a dozen legislators
Bill Attempts to Curb Maryland’s High Chlamydia Rate
ANNAPOLIS – Syphilis and gonorrhea aren’t the only sexually transmitted diseases Marylanders need to worry about
Backers Say Bill Will Help Stop School Violence
ANNAPOLIS Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan, several Montgomery County delegation members, other county officials and police agencies sent a clear message Thursday threats and acts of violence will not be tolerated in Maryland schools
Patients’ Bill of Rights Leads Managed Care Reform This Session
ANNAPOLIS It’s the type of story Delegate Kumar Barve, D-Montgomery, has heard before:
A baby boy from Gaithersburg needs a blood transfusion twice a day to stay alive