Day: April 10, 2014

Analysis: The Health Exchange Mess Part II: Assigning blame, recouping money

Analysis: The Health Exchange Mess Part II: Assigning blame, recouping money

In the second installment examining Maryland’s disastrous health care exchange site launch, longtime auditor Charlie Hayward takes a walk through the status of audits and legal maneuvering to assign blame and recoup money. Auditors and lawyers will begin structured, even forensic work, to determine what went wrong and why Maryland’s exchange fared so much worse than those in other states. Hayward looks at the surprising scope and nature of damages of the failure and explains why both the state and its contractor Noridian bear responsibility. He predicts resolution could be complex, costly, and time consuming.

State Roundup, April 10, 2014

Frederick County’s state’s attorney questions the wisdom of the marijuana decriminalization law and its affect on policing; more than 300 people banned for gun buying have purchased firearms thanks to the backlog; Washington County businesses and lawmakers are concerned about impact of minimum-wage hike; two laws loosen vehicle restrictions for farmers and give milk haulers time to upgrade their trucks to carry more weight on state roads; Arundel gets $9.6 million for capital improvements; FBI probes former UM contract worker who said he wanted to draw attention to computer security flaws; anti-smoking groups seek to make $1 a pack tax hike a campaign issue; and gubernatorial candidate Gansler picks up another endorsement while Brown touts adoption and foster care in new ad.

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