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Ben Cardin: Quick action can fend off sequestration
On March 1, automatic, across-the-board spending cuts will begin to take effect, cutting $1.2 trillion from defense and non-defense programs over the next 10 years. These automatic cuts are known as sequestration and they will have a devastating effect...Tags: Head Start, Budgets and Budgeting, Public Finance, U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Meritus Health System president explains challenges of Affordable Care Act
dona@herald-mail.comFiguring out how to improve access, maintain quality and keep down the cost of health care are challenges facing hospitals as more provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act go into effect, Meritus Health System President Joseph P....Tags: Obesity, Breast Cancer, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Diabetes
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Lawmakers work with Washington County and state officials to cut pollution plan costs
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comWashington County’s share of a statewide plan to reduce nutrient and sediment discharges to the Chesapeake Bay is estimated to cost the county $1.1 billion through 2025. That number was greeted with ridicule and disbelief when it was mentioned...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Agriculture, Conservation
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Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costs
The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress. The service expects the Saturday mail...
Tags: Government, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Weather Reports, Business, Tom Coburn
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Hagerstown eyes two more stadium prospects
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comWith an eye toward a major citywide redevelopment effort, Hagerstown officials Tuesday discussed the possibility of bringing back Ripken Design to examine the feasibility of two additional locations for a potential stadium project. If approved by the...Tags: Sora, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics
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Letter to the Editor - Feb. 1
Does government consider how slashing affects society? To the editor: It seems to me that we already have a model for what needs to be done — not Simpson-Bowles, but the auto industry bailout. When the government supplied capital to rebuild the...Tags: Business, Government Health Care
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Regional hospitals to collaborate to address federal health care mandates
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comDrastic health care changes are happening federally, spurring three major regional health care providers in Washington, Frederick and Allegany counties to take a proactive approach to mitigate potential repercussions at the local level, a Meritus Health...Tags: Research, Corporate Officers, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Diseases and Illnesses
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Thomas A. Firey: Why America (still) needs health care reform
In March of 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the nation’s latest attempt to “reform” health care. Yet, despite all the new spending and taxes, and all the new rules and...Tags: Labor Markets, Insurance, Government Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicare
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Pennsylvania briefs
Township revenues look to be lower than 2011 WAYNESBORO, Pa. — The Washington Township (Pa.) Supervisors on Wednesday received a new earned income tax report indicating revenue from the tax may end the year below 2011 levels. The supervisors...Tags: Chiropractic, Medical Specialization, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Washington County business leaders: Economy took baby steps in 2012
arnoldp@herald-mail.comWashington County’s economy took baby steps forward in 2012, but the path has been bumpy and tremendous cracks are looming, business leaders said last month. “We’re seeing little incremental improvements,” said Peggy Bushey,...Tags: FedEx Corporation, Business Enterprises, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), House Building, Travel
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Brien Poffenberger: A white-knuckle ride to fiscal cliff's edge
Last year, when Congress and President Obama couldn’t reach a budget deal, they agreed to a doomsday plan with an automatic timer set to go off at the end of 2012. What we have come to call the “fiscal cliff” combines indiscriminant...Tags: Labor Markets, Budgets and Budgeting, Business, Consumer Confidence, Fiscal Cliff
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House votes to defuse debt limit crisis
Associated PressRetreating with a purpose, Republicans sped legislation through the House on Wednesday to avert the imminent threat of a government default but pointing the way to a springtime budget struggle with President Barack Obama over Medicare, farm subsidies...Tags: Jay Carney, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Elections, Medicaid
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