Marylanders who are uninsured now have until July 15 to enroll in health coverage through the state’s health insurance marketplace, Maryland Health Connection. Remember you can always take WOLB 1010 with you wherever you go by listening live online or via our app. The deadline was originally June 15. The extension comes as more than […]

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A Maryland measure that’s the first of its kind could help people without health insurance find out if they qualify for free or low-cost insurance after they file their taxes. It will create a box for people to check on state income tax returns. If selected, the state’s health care exchange will see if the […]

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24 million more people would lose coverage by 2026, while the federal deficit would decrease by $337 billion.

Before accepting a new job, it is always important to inquire about and negotiate, what your health care benefits will be once you clear any…

Today, March 31, 2014, is the deadline to sign up for Obamacare. If you haven’t already signed up yet, but still plan to, here are…

Via Foxbaltimore.com  Maryland received the green light from the federal government establish a health insurance exchange. “Obamacare” as it is called, has made this possible. The change will not take effect until 2014. Read More.  10 Things To Do In New York City Over The Holidays Freedom Fighters: Natalie and Derrica Wilson, Founders Of Black […]

Spectators cheered the prospect of  letting uninsured Americans die during Monday’s CNN Tea Party debate. “That’s what’s freedom is all about,” Republican presidential nominee Ron Paul said when CNN’s Wolf Blizter asked who should pay when uninsured Americans encounter catastrophic illness. “He should do whatever he wants to do,” Paul said. My advice to him is […]

Under the 2010 health law, the situation should improve. Health plans will be required to inform members that they can appeal disputed claims internally within the health plan as well as to an independent review organization not affiliated with the health plan.The new rules become effective in July. As the daughter of a woman who […]

BRONX-Kool DJ Herc, the deejay many credit with founding hip hop music is very ill without health insurance to help him pay his medical bills. DJ Premier of the group Gangstarr said on his Sirius radio show: For those that know about Hip-Hop, who we call the father of Hip-Hop, Kool Herc, is not doing […]

Nation (Reuters)– Nearly 59 million Americans went without health insurance coverage for at least part of 2010, many of them with conditions or diseases that needed treatment, federal health officials said on Tuesday.