Higher health insurance premiums spark hospital policy debate
Smokers at Washington County Hospital pay higher health insurance premiums, triggering mixed reactions. Critics call it Orwellian and unfair, while supporters cite rising health costs and the need to offset medical expenses. Industry figures note few such surcharges exist, though incentives for healthy behavior are common in insurance programs.
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Hagerstown, Md
Washington County Hospital
Bruce Bereano
Ahron Leichtman
Citizens For
Maryland Hospital Association
Nancy Fiedler
Kim Cavelo
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Maryland
Blues
Willie & Associates
Tom Greaney
Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance and Financial Services
Aetna
City officials debate counted households in Gaithersburg
City officials discuss how to count households in Gaithersburg noting inflated numbers and tradeoffs in who is counted on first or second, with Ms Patula and Mr Wood weighing the method and accuracy.
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Mr. Wood
Thurmont man charged with two gun violations in Frederick
Frederick City Police arrested 18 year old William Ralph Badoni of Emmitsburg Road at 2 10 a m after an expired license tag stop. A witness saw him wrap and hide an object later found to be a loaded 38 caliber handgun.
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Thurmont
Frederick City
William Ralph Badoni
Emmitsburg
North Market Street
Charles Davis
Badoni
Mr. Badoni
Davis
Hong Kong youth faces lash for vandalizing cars
A Hong Kong teenager named Shiu Chi Ho, 16, was convicted in Singapore for vandalizing cars and sentenced to 12 lashes. The case drew international attention to Singapore's harsh penalties for crimes. The story mentions Michael Fay, a 16-year-old American who pleaded guilty and sought to suspend his flogging sentence.
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Singapore
Hong Kong
Shiu Chi Ho
Michael P. Fay
Students propose park ducks feeding program and signs
Sixth graders urge city to install six to eight feed bins for ducks when cold weather blocks park access. Wild Bird Co will donate two cedar bins, with tarps. rest built by the shop teacher. They seek signs against feeding bread to reduce litter and water pollution.
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Myers
Wild Bird Co
Angela Kelly
Jon Kreissig
Parks and Recreation Commission
Kreissig
Michael Gvozdich
Anne-Marie Gincley
Anne-Marie
Mighty Duck Savers
Williams Williams And Doddridge on MAPS infrared readings
Dr Bruce Doddridge of the University of Maryland meteorology department discusses MAPS use to measure an infrared band from Earth and its atmosphere. He notes improved NASA shuttle data consistency and calls the Williams flight producing excellent measurements.
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Bruce Doddridge
University of Maryland
Meteorology Department
Earth
Shed Fire on Green Valley Road Ruled Suspicious
A shed fire behind 4412 Green Valley Road destroyed a 10 by 10 foot structure with garden supplies and lawn mowers inside. Firefighters from Green Valley and New Market fought the blaze at 5:14 p.m. causing about $2,000 in damage before the state fire marshal opened an investigation led by Deputy Fire Marshal Ted Meminger.
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Green Valley Road
Green Valley
New Market
Winona McFarland
Bob Thomas
Thomas
Ted Meminger
Serbs shell Gorazde amid UN pleas as toll rises
UNHCR spokesman Kris Janowski said a shell hit a Red Cross refugee center in Gorazde wounding many while another landed near the town mosque. Officials cited at least 34 killed in Gorazde with broader tolls nearing 400 dead and 1,300 injured in three weeks of fighting. NATO moves to protect safe areas faced delays as UN considers deploying more peacekeepers.
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Kris Janowski
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Red Cross
Gorazde
U.N
Janowski
UNHCR
U.N. Security Council
Yugoslavia
Security Council
Colin Keating
New
Washington
Gorande
Bileca
Nevesinje
Sarajevo
Public Works Board Funds School Projects in Maryland
Southern Maryland voters rejected Mr Schaefer s tax increase while the Board of Public Works approved planning for a second Hillcrest elementary school. Urbana High School will receive 4 million in future state funds bringing total to 10 million as bulldozers move dirt. The Career and Technology Center got 423000 for science labs and 117000 for roof repairs. Montgomery County led funding with 1.1 million for a high school and 3.6 million for a Damascus area middle school. A public hearing on the school board budgets is set for April at Hood College Rosenstock Hall.
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Maryland
Schaefer
Board of Public Works
Hillcrest
Urbana High School
Stenzler
Career and Technology Center
Montgomery County
Damascus
Hood College
Rosenstock Hall
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