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Never a dull moment for the health exchange
Enrollment on Maryland’s health exchange ticked up over the past week — a total of 22,512 people had bought private plans as of Jan. 11, up from 20,358 as of Jan. 4.
Mixed bag for docs, students
The $39 billion budget proposal unveiled today by Gov. Martin O’Malley includes some good news for Maryland’s physicians and students but also some slaps in the face.
The Sugar Lifestyle 101
SeekingArrangement.com — another website that helps gold-digging Sugar Babies hook up with deep-pocketed Sugar Daddies — has released its annual “Top 20 Fastest Growing Sugar Baby Schools” list, and Towson University clocked in at No. 44, while the University of Maryland, College Park, placed No. 71.
Enrollment back to a trickle
The number of new enrollments on Maryland Health Connection declined over the past week “as expected,” officials said in their Friday enrollment report.
MedChi ready for another chock-full session
This week, the Maryland State Medical Society released an agenda packed with sure-to-sizzle (though largely familiar) issues it intends to bring up during the General Assembly’s 2014 session, which begins next week.
A contest with Uncle Sam?
After Maryland Health Connection officials released updated enrollment numbers on Friday, Rep. John K. Delaney, a freshman Democrat who represents Western Maryland and Montgomery County, put out a public statement decrying that Maryland is “still lagging behind the national numbers.”
A surprise success
As of Dec. 28, a total of 18,257 Marylanders had enrolled in a private health plan from the exchange, a jump of 6,542 people since Dec. 21.
It can pay, to be Ronald J.
The president of Johns Hopkins University was the only head of a private college in Maryland to earn more than $1 million in total compensation in 2011, according to data compiled and released a few days ago by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
NFL funds concussion research
The Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, the National Institutes of Health and the National Football League are putting their heads together to study youth concussions.
Health care industry has been eating its spinach
There's one major industry in Maryland with a workforce that increased consistently every year for the past 12 years.
Enrollment doubles on health exchange, but progress still slow
Friday enrollment report from Maryland Health Connection.
Enrollment jumps on health exchange
Over the past week, 771 Marylanders signed up for a private health insurance policy offered on the state-run exchange, Maryland Health Connection, officials said Wednesday.
