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
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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