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CareFirst proposes 25 percent rate increase under health care reform

2013-04-24 19:24:49

Blaming the cost to implement health care reform, the state's largest health insurer has proposed eye-popping rate increases to state regulators for individuals and small businesses. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield wants to raise rates an average of 25...

From 'green' honors to 'black and white' excellence, Dulaney High in the news

2012-09-30 10:52:22

Over the summer, Dulaney High School accrued many honors, and as of June the school was elevated to the status of a Model Green School. This distinction, which is possible only for school that earn "Green School" designation two years, was bestowed based...

Insurance co-op to start with $65 million federal loan

2012-09-28 15:31:47

A Maryland group led by Howard County health officer Peter Beilenson has received a $65 million loan under federal health reform to start the state's first insurance co-op, a consumer-owned nonprofit that will compete against private insurers to sell...

$5.6B deal positions Aetna for changing health care market

2012-08-20 17:57:00

Aetna's plans announced Monday to acquire Coventry Health Care Inc. for $5.6 billion could catapult the insurance giant to the front of an industry race to capitalize on Obamacare and the health needs of aging baby boomers. The deal, subject to...

Baltimore expands virtual supermarket program

2012-08-15 13:11:00

Baltimore is expanding a program where people in areas with limited access to healthy foods can order groceries on the Internet and pick up their purchase at a designated place in their neighborhood. The two-year-old Virtual Supermarket Program which...

Health Care: Insurers step up, modestly

2012-06-12 11:40:15

Singing the praises of major U.S. insurance companies is not a common pastime on these pages, but recent events require at least a stanza and perhaps even a chorus. Such is the tuneful news that several have decided that no matter how the U.S. Supreme...

Maryland braces for Supreme Court decision on health care reform law

2012-06-19 16:22:00

Miriam Brand just graduated from the University of Maryland and does not have a job, but she does have health insurance. The 22-year-old diabetic is among the 2.5 million Americans who were allowed to stay on their parents' policies because of the...

Barns are stars of Western Maryland driving tour

2011-10-14 00:00:00

On a brisk autumn morning perfect for a leisurely drive, I set out from Baltimore en route to Maryland's westernmost county. With its rolling hills dotted with farms, mountain vistas and cornfields, plus dense forests gleaming with brilliant fall hues,...

In 'socialized medicine,' a man wouldn't rob a bank to get health care

2011-06-26 05:00:00

I pay my taxes. I will not offend your intelligence by pretending to enjoy it. Writing that check is about as enjoyable as a chain-saw root canal. But I don't resent it, either. I pay my taxes because this is how we the people pay for things we deem...

Margaret Faya, medical records supervisor, dies

2011-06-30 12:46:00

Margaret E. Faya, a retired medical records supervisor at Spring Grove Hospital Center, died June 21 of complications of an infection at Howard County General Hospital. The Columbia resident was 91. Born Mary Elizabeth Burkman in Baltimore, she grew up...

Firms picked for Medicare drug plan

2005-09-24 00:00:00

Signaling the start of a race among private insurers to sign up millions of older Americans, federal officials announced yesterday which companies had been approved to offer new Medicare drug coverage. The announcement is the first round of what promises...

Redmer lays HMO cost rise to Democrats

2005-01-27 00:00:00

Rebuffing partisan calls for his resignation, state Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr. defended yesterday his handling of requests from insurers to pass on a recently approved 2 percent HMO tax to consumers, saying he is following the procedure...

No. 84 Aetna 2013 Revenues: $36.6 billion A trader points up at a display on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in this August 20, 2012 file photo.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

West Middle School students Felix Diaz, left, and Quinton Jones, both 12, plant bush beans in their class plot at the Aetna KNOX Wellness Garden behind their school on Niles Street Friday.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini

2013-04-08 16:18:00