As the Green Party nominated its presidential ticket in Baltimore this weekend, a controversy over racial diversity briefly distracted the hundreds of delegates. But Jill Stein for president and Cheri Honkala for vice president brought the focus back to the party’s main focus on economic and social justice and the environment.
Day: July 15, 2012
Study finds Md. economy will benefit from health care act despite $19 billion in new spending
Health care system reforms under the Affordable Care Act will cost the state billions to implement but are also projected to generate income from FY 2014 to FY 2020 as a result of the newly insured, a new study reports.
Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Hilltop Institute estimate that the unemployment rate will decrease nearly 1% by 2020 as a result of almost 135,000 jobs created across all sectors by the new legislation.
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