Maryland

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

Urban Legends Bring Same Old Scary Stories Back with New Terrorist Twist

WASHINGTON – The stories have spread panic quickly to already-anxious Americans — terrorists will attack on Halloween or poison trick-or-treaters’ goodies with anthrax

Terrapin Athletic Success Paying Dividends in University, College Park Community

COLLEGE PARK – Winning isn’t everything, or the only thing, but it sure is a wonderful thing at the University of Maryland, College Park

Officials Urge Flu Shots for the `Worried Well’ to Help Head Off Anthrax Panic

WASHINGTON – A cough, a sniffle, a mild fever: It looks like the flu, but it could be anthrax

Tuition Remains High for Maryland Colleges

ANNAPOLIS – The cost to attend a public college in Maryland continues to be one of the highest in the country, although it hasn’t increased as much as the national average, according to a recent report and state higher education statistics

Ocean City Mayor Defends Beach Replenishment in Face of Rising Sea Levels

WASHINGTON – Ocean City Mayor James Mathias defended the city’s development and beach replenishment efforts Thursday to a panel of coastal scientists and urged them to fight for continued federal funding for coastal programs

Star-Spangled `Soul’ of America Being Restored Stitch by Stitch

WASHINGTON – The soul of America weighs 50 pounds, is 30 by 34 feet and lies on a table behind a monstrous glass wall at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History

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

Whichever Way Joint Strike Fighter Decision Goes, Business Goes to Pax River

WASHINGTON – Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp