Third-party payers of medical bills, whether public or private, often collectivize health care and allow some individuals to impose their bad health decisions on the rest of us.

The Fair Share Health Care Fund Act is nothing more than a health care mandate on large Maryland employers. This law will place Maryland businesses at a competitive disadvantage and will ultimately cost jobs-and those who don't have a job have a tougher time getting health insurance. Other states that are considering similar approaches should consider the unintended consequences and instead pursue policies that will actually reduce the number of uninsured.

Legislators should think twice about enlisting big government's help in fighting the War on Fat. So-called 'solutions' like fat taxes are surely aimed more at raising revenue than at helping people live healthier lives.

I don't think anyone would have believed that we would see erosion in Aetna's health care plans, but that's what happened.

I'm very concerned about it, because their health risk business is clearly deteriorating, and its really not showing any signs of improvement.

The former party chief's health had until recently been largely adequate for a man of his age, but he has had lung problems since the late 1990s,