Maryland receives $1.5 billion in federal funds for health care initiatives
During “Cover the Uninsured Week,” Maryland officials have announced that the state will receive $1.5 billion in federal funds to help do just that. Martin O'Malley Gov. Martin O’Malley announced that...
View ArticleQuarter of U.S. Senate supports government-run health insurance option
Citing the need to introduce competition in the health insurance market and contain health care costs, a group of 28 U.S. senators introduced a resolution to include a federally-backed health insurance...
View ArticleBiden tells NAIC that insurance companies need ‘ground rules’
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – As part of a two-day effort in Maryland to sell President Barack Obama‘s health care plan, Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday (Sept. 22) told the National Association of Insurance...
View ArticlePrivate insurers get ‘free rein’ without public option, Democrats say
Omitting a government-run health insurance program from a Senate reform bill will give private insurers “free rein” to increase premiums and “drive up the cost of federal subsidies,” according to a...
View ArticleSenator a hypocrite in crying about rate increases due to Obamacare
When Ben Cardin, one of two Democrat U.S. senators from Maryland, was first elected to the Maryland General Assembly in 1967, the handheld calculator had just been invented, the top TV programs were...
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