WASHINGTON – With the ink barely dry on various 2012 federal budget proposals, the Maryland congressional delegation began working on shaping the final product this week.

Both of Maryland’s senators have gotten behind a last-ditch effort to revive a public, government-run health insurance option by using a controversial legislative procedure known as reconciliation.

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Maryland’s Democrat-dominated Congressional delegation praised President Obama‘s State of the Union address for taking on controversial issues, including gays in the military, and not giving up on health care.

Marylanders continue to spend more on prescription drugs compared to their national counterparts, despite the state’s lower overall health care spending, according to an analysis of state and national health care expenditure data.

Women would have free and widespread access to preventive screenings, such as mammograms and pap smears, under an amendment to the Senate health bill approved Dec. 3.

The struggle to maintain affordable health care coverage may end a Maryland family’s 14-year “good run” of operating their own businesses.

Abortion prohibitions do not belong in a health care reform bill because they are two separate issues, said Maryland Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin at a news conference in the Capitol Nov. 10.

Vice President Joseph Biden sought to allay the fears of seniors Wednesday, assuring them that their Medicare benefits are safe — and will be stronger — under the administration’s health care reform plan.

Maryland’s Democratic-dominated congressional delegation sang the praises of President Obama‘s health care speech Wednesday night, calling it “bold” and “powerful.”