Scott Maucione

1 week ago | wypr.org | Scott Maucione

The Trump administration is proposing rule changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace that, if approved, will impact how Marylanders will be able to buy health insurance through the state portal. The rule, proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, would limit the amount of time people have to enroll for health insurance on the marketplace. The enrollment period would move from Nov. 1 to Jan. 15 to a new open season of Nov. 1 to Dec. 15.

1 week ago | wypr.org | Scott Maucione

Childhood sexual assault victims, advocates and lawyers are urging Gov. Wes Moore to veto a bill that would limit the amount of money survivors can receive in civil cases against the institutions that employed abusers. The call comes in the wake of decades of lobbying and legal challenges for survivors as they tried to pass the 2023 Child Victims Act, which abolished the statute of limitations for when victims could sue institutions over assault.

1 week ago | wypr.org | Scott Maucione

More than a dozen former students at Calvert Hall College High School are suing the institution and affiliate organizations for sexual assault they endured as children at the hands of staff members. The allegations are the first to arise from the prominent Baltimore County private school and follow a slew of other cases being filed against other private schools, public education centers and the Catholic Church.

2 weeks ago | wypr.org | Scott Maucione

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay in favor of the Trump administration, vacating the U.S. District Court’s ruling to reinstate more than 24,000 probationary federal workers. The ruling could allow the White House to re-fire the employees it had just put back on the payrolls in the last few weeks after U.S. District Court of Maryland Judge James Bredar issued a temporary restraining order halting the firings and ordering reinstatement.

2 weeks ago | wypr.org | Scott Maucione

Republicans in federal office are eying cuts to Medicaid, a move that could have deep reverberations for the Maryland budget and for Marylanders themselves. Congress is considering a plan that would cut $880 billion in Medicaid; the details on what exactly would be cut are still in the air, but one option is to get rid of the Medicaid expansion, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act. That extension allows people who make up to 138% of the poverty level eligible for Medicaid.