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Marianne D. Fishler: Life insurance isn’t for you, it’s for survivors
The questions around life insurance — Do I need it? How much? What kind (term, universal, whole life, variable, fixed)? — keep many people awake at night. And once purchased, […]
Appeals court strikes health insurance requirement
ATLANTA — A federal appeals court panel on Friday struck down the requirement in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul package that virtually all Americans must carry health insurance or […]
Maryland gets $27M federal grant for health exchange
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland has received a $27 million federal grant to fund the state’s health benefit exchange. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Health […]
Insurers must cover birth control with no copays
WASHINGTON — Health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for women, with no copays, the Obama administration said Monday in a decision with far-reaching implications for health […]
Government cuts rates for hard-to-insure patients
WASHINGTON — The federal government is cutting premiums by up to 40 percent in nearly two dozen states and implementing other changes to make it easier for people with pre-existing […]
Panel seeks input in federal health-care challenge
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court is seeking more information from the state, Liberty University and the federal government before it can rule on two Virginia-based lawsuits challenging the […]
Former CareFirst CEO William Jews will receive entire $18M severance
Former CareFirst Inc. CEO William L. Jews will receive his entire $18 million severance package after the state’s highest court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from the Maryland […]
Govt urges appeals court to uphold health care law
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday that health care reforms should be upheld in the courts because the costs of the uninsured are a burden on interstate commerce. In […]
Plan would cut $25M from Montgomery county schools
ROCKVILLE — The president of the Montgomery County Council says all nine members have signed off on cuts to employee benefits and to public schools. Under the plan, the council […]
Budget deal cuts don’t diminish health care CO-OP leader’s plans
News that a third of the money proposed to help create health care cooperatives was cut as part of the effort to prevent a federal government shutdown has not diminished […]
Health insurance game-changer?
The founders of the Evergreen Project believe they have a revolutionary idea that can bring low-cost, high-quality health insurance to Maryland’s uninsured and under-insured. Now they just need to find […]
House OKs benefits exchange compromise
ANNAPOLIS — Hundreds of health insurance brokers who were afraid the O’Malley administration’s health benefits exchange would put them out of business are reasonably happy with the bill that passed […]
