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Both were taken to Washington Hospital Center, where McFarland died last night, Piringer said.
-- Clarence Williams
HOWARD COUNTY
Health Care Program to Be Delayed
Howard County health officials said the start of the county's universal health care program will be delayed for three months because state legislation is needed to distinguish Healthy Howard as a private, nonprofit corporation, not an insurance company.
Insurance companies are required to have millions of dollars in a reserve fund. Officials say a small fee, combined with donations and existing health programs in the county, would provide 20,000 uninsured Howard residents with comprehensive medical care.
-- Associated Press
ENVIRONMENT
Costs of Carbon Cap Worry Officials
Even as more than 200 environmental activists gathered yesterday outside the State House to call for action to confront global warming, state officials indicated that a proposal to adopt a carbon emissions cap faces a tough road in the legislature.
More than a dozen lawmakers plan to sponsor a bill slashing carbon emissions 90 percent by 2050. If adopted, it would be the nation's toughest goal for reducing greenhouse gases. But many others say that plan would be way too expensive for the cash-strapped General Assembly to adopt this year.
-- Associated Press
