ANNAPOLIS – Community-based health care is the key to a new plan introduced by three Maryland lawmakers Thursday, who want to close the gap between Medicaid recipients and the privately insured

ANNAPOLIS – If no cuts are made in the current state Medicaid system, it will not be financially sustainable in the future, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Nelson J

ANNAPOLIS – Children across the nation will get free dental care today, but youngsters in rural Maryland are being left behind

ANNAPOLIS – Bills introduced Wednesday in the General Assembly would require a judge – not a doctor – to override the parental notification requirement for an underage girl to have an abortion

ANNAPOLIS – The Carroll County General Assembly delegation denied a county request for a new real estate transfer tax, saying it would revisit the issue next year when budget issues are more settled

ANNAPOLIS – Twenty-two senators are supporting a plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, a move that might significantly reduce drug costs for state health care programs, but also could be illegal

ANNAPOLIS – A statewide smoking prohibition bill debuted Thursday, the second attempt by lawmakers to make all Maryland workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke free

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland pharmacists may be allowed to provide emergency contraceptives to patients without a prescription under an initiative introduced Thursday and co-sponsored by 31 legislators

ANNAPOLIS – An expected 2,000 health care providers will converge on the State House today at a rally to address soaring medical malpractice costs, and Dr

ANNAPOLIS – Howard County legislators have two major issues on their plates as the legislative session gears up: funding the county’s top-ranked school system and approving a bond issue for historic renovation of Columbia’s Blandair Mansion