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Carefirst timeline
1993 -- William L. Jews, a former hospital executive, takes over Blue Cross of Maryland in 1993, when it was on the brink of insolvency. He is credited with stabilizing its finances. 1995 -- Blue Cross makes its first effort to reorganize and create a...Tags: Delaware, Bankruptcy, California, Maryland, Hospitals and Clinics
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Driver's license bill veto is urged
Sun StaffThe annual campaign by interest groups to persuade Maryland's governor to sign -- or veto -- legislation sitting on his desk is taking an unusually emotional twist this spring. In a radio spot airing statewide, a father who lost his son Sept. 11, 2001,...Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Migration, Politics, Michigan, Illegal Immigrants
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CareFirst asks Ehrlich to veto reform plan
Sun StaffA 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. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. must decide by...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Government
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Byron seeks to restore Assembly's faith in CareFirst
Sun StaffCareFirst 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 was there for so many years for this...Tags: Annapolis, Howard County, Politics, Maryland, John Adams
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Assembly may get CareFirst bill today
Sun StaffA bill that would spell out a nonprofit, public service mission for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and set up an oversight committee to monitor the state's largest health insurer is expected to be introduced today in the Maryland House of Delegates. As...Tags: John Adams Hurson, Howard County, Shane E Pendergrass, Hospitals and Clinics, Maryland
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Redmer lays HMO cost rise to Democrats
Sun StaffRebuffing 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...Tags: Coventry Health Care Inc., Annapolis, Democratic Party, Politics, Private Health Care
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Assembly welds 'nonprofit' to CareFirst
Sun StaffThe 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 law. The Senate vote was 46-0. The...Tags: CEO Pay, Wellpoint Health Networks Incorporated, Howard County, Politics, Shane E Pendergrass
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Insurance chief targets CareFirst executives
Sun StaffPointing to deception, mismanagement and flagrant attempts to profit from the proposed sale of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr. said yesterday that he will issue civil charges against the company and its...Tags: CEO Pay, Wellpoint Health Networks Incorporated, Management Change, Maryland, Health
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CareFirst changes OK'd
Sun StaffDefying pressure from Maryland's largest health insurer and the White House drug czar, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed bills yesterday to take greater state control over CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and lessen penalties for seriously ill patients...Tags: Democratic Party, Referenda, Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Hospitals and Clinics
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Pressure rises on CareFirst decision
Sun StaffMaryland's top two legislative leaders vigorously urged Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. yesterday to sign CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield reform legislation, and House Speaker Michael E. Busch predicted he would do just that. "From everything we hear, he is...Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Government, Healthcare Provider
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Salary comparisons difficult to make for CareFirst's chief
Sun StaffCareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is a nonprofit - except that it pays taxes unlike a charity, competes with for-profit insurers, tried to convert to a for-profit itself and is currently promoting its charitable efforts to stave off critics. Got that? If...Tags: Coventry Health Care Inc., Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Charity, Corporate Officers, Judaism
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Health care won't be cheaper
Sun StaffDouble-digit inflation is returning in health care - one national study published last month predicted an 11 percent average increase in health premiums for this year - but health care providers say they are caught in a money crunch. Doctors are worried...Tags: Work Relations, Medicaid, Politics, Medicare, Hospitals and Clinics
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