Maryland Lawmakers Take a Careful Approach to Health Emergency Law

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislators are taking careful interest in a new legislative proposal crafted by a federal health interest group to give state governments the power to take coordinated and far-reaching action during public health crises

HealthChoice Problems Have No Easy Fix

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s managed care Medicaid program is crumbling, and the experts all agree why: there isn’t money in the program to cover insurers’ administrative costs, pay providers enough to keep them in the system and support a pool of enrollees grown well beyond state estimates

HealthChoice Pediatricians Stranded on the Eastern Shore

ANNAPOLIS – Eastern Shore pediatricians are giving up on HealthChoice

Garrett County HealthChoice Clients May be Frozen Out of Managed Care

ANNAPOLIS – Managed care for the poor in Garrett County may be in jeopardy next year, health professionals warned legislators this week

Child Research Not Threatened by Court Ruling, Groups Assure Maryland Legislature

ANNAPOLIS – Research representatives told Maryland legislators Tuesday their institutions can and should continue research on humans without state intervention, despite recent revelations about research projects that led to the death of one subject and exposed nearly 200 children to lead poisoning

Halloween: Vampires Out, Vampy Uncle Sam In

ANNAPOLIS – Last year, it was French maids and sexy devils

Anthrax Drug Prophylactically Prescribed Despite Warnings

ANNAPOLIS – Andrew Goldstein’s brother lives in Boca Raton, Fla

FBI Substitutes Safety for Suspicion in Approach to Maryland Muslims

ANNAPOLIS – They came in pairs, dressed in jeans and T-shirts, with photographs, badges, and their questions for Sabir Rahman, imam of the Muslim Community Center of Silver Spring

Maryland Genetics Labs Devote Time, Resources to ID Sept. 11 Victims

ANNAPOLIS – Officials are looking to Maryland genetics laboratories for high-tech help in the search to identify those killed in the Sept

Maryland HMO Report Reflects More `Sophisticated’ Consumers

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Health Care Commission released its 2001 HMO report card Friday, a document that included new and very specific information tailored to consumers with chronic diseases and mental health needs