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Hospital Association President Calvin Pierson and Dr. Willarda Edwards discuss their change in support of the governor.

Physicians urge governor not to veto malpractice bill

March 30, 2019 at 12:01 a.m.

After fighting alongside Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. for malpractice reform, leaders of the state's doctors and hospitals stepped away from the governor yesterday, urging him not to veto the...

Medical ‘reform’ hard to assess

March 28, 2019 at 7:47 p.m.

Gauging the savings in future malpractice costs - the key goal of a reform bill rushed through a special legislative session - is a virtually impossible task, experts say. MedChi,...

Del. Joanne S. Parrott, a Harford County Republican, clasps a stethoscope as she prays at the start of the special session. Next to her is Del. Mary-Dulany James, a Harford County Democrat.

Lawmakers, Ehrlich digging in heels over malpractice subsidy

May 30, 2019 at 3:52 p.m.

The opening day of a rare special session of the Maryland General Assembly ended with legislative leaders locked in a showdown with Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. over how to...

Dr. Carol Ritter edits with Steve Yeager and Michael Fevang. She and about 200 other doctors are largely financing the film about her decision to give up obstetrics.

Doctor stars as tort victim

March 29, 2019 at 7:00 a.m.

Towson obstetrician Carol Ritter spent two decades delivering babies, earning a reputation as one of Baltimore's top woman doctors. Then she got sued three times in 10 months. Now Ritter...

Too many choices?

March 29, 2019 at 4:48 a.m.

When one of the country's top experts in prescription economics set out to help his mother choose one of the new drug discount cards, it should have been a piece...

Plan to buy health care for uninsured unveiled

June 30, 2019 at 3:56 a.m.

Key legislative leaders unveiled a plan yesterday to chip away at the estimated 700,000 Marylanders lacking health insurance - providing some coverage for about 50,000 poor adults and helping health...

Byron seeks to restore Assembly’s faith in CareFirst

June 29, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's new board chair promised Maryland lawmakers yesterday that she will work to restore their faith in the nonprofit insurer. "I'm committed to restoring the legislative trust that...

U.S. subpoenas CareFirst

April 5, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Federal investigators have subpoenaed extensive records of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in a probe of the conduct of Maryland's largest health insurer and its officers in attempting to convert the company...

CareFirst asks Ehrlich to veto reform plan

June 30, 2019 at 6:17 p.m.

A legislative reform of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is in danger of being discarded as the health insurer yesterday threatened dire consequences that would disrupt service to its 3.2 million customers....

Assembly welds 'nonprofit' to CareFirst

March 29, 2019 at 8:37 p.m.

The long and bitter battle over the direction of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield ended last night when the Maryland General Assembly unanimously approved legislation that locks the insurer's nonprofit mission into...

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