Doctors support increasing access to health insurance but don’t want it funded from a state medical liability pool. By Amy Lynn Sorrel, AMNews staff http://www.ama-assn.org Pennsylvania physicians are fighting to stave off Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s plan to divert funds from the state’s medical liability assistance program to cover the uninsured.

By Susan Levine Washington Post Staff Writer http://www.washingtonpost.com Much of Maryland faces a doctor shortage that could become severe by 2015, forcing patients to wait longer for appointments, search for specialists and turn more frequently to emergency rooms for help, according to a report released yesterday.

40% of Md. doctors don’t treat patients, report says By M. William Salganik | Sun reporter http://www.baltimoresun.com Although the state has plenty of doctors, it doesn’t have enough who actually see patients — a situation that creates “a silent and growing crisis,” the head of the state medical society said Monday. The shortages are greatest […]

By Michael Schroeder The Journal Gazette For the first time in nearly 14 years, Medicaid providers in Indiana are getting a raise. About 5,000 primary-care physicians across the state will receive bonus payments totaling $39 million for fiscal years 2007 and 2008. (The state’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.) As of […]

Ten percent of the schools’ slots will go to students dedicating their careers to the medically underserved. By Myrle Croasdale, AMNews Staff. http://www.ama-assn.org The University of California is in the midst of rolling out new educational avenues geared to produce physician leaders for communities that historically have had poor access to health care. The effort […]

By Scott E. Maizel http://www.baltimoresun.com Competition: We hear a lot about it in Maryland. The recent debate in Annapolis regarding slots was partly about competing with neighboring states for Maryland’s gambling dollars. Our ports compete with neighboring states for freight and cruise line business. Educational institutions compete with one another for the best students. Athletic […]

State to seek children eligible for insurance By Larry Carson | Sun reporter State health officials are hoping to team with Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot this spring for a statewide effort to identify more children who are eligible for federally funded health insurance. Under the plan, an outgrowth of Howard’s County’s pioneering health-access program, Franchot’s […]

by Justin D. Anderson Daily Mail Capitol Reporter Lawmakers have created absurd courtroom situations by passing medical malpractice lawsuit reform, state Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher said. “I dissent to express my hope that, in the future, the court or the Legislature will recognize the absurd and unconstitutional effects of the (reform) and either strike […]

http://www.journalpress.com In 2003 Hurricane Isabel came ripping through the Town of Colonial Beach and the town was forced to take a good look at its emergency preparedness. Among a few other things, the town discovered that it had very few medical resources within the community should adversity strike. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Richard Dunn announced that […]