Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist
Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Md Troopers Assoc #20 & Westminster Md Fire Dept Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Georges Pompidou Bridge is a road bridge that was completed in 1963


Georges Pompidou Bridge is a road bridge that was completed in 1963. The project is located in Le ...  Location: Le Pecq, Yvelines (78), Ile-de-France, Paris, France. Crosses: Seine River Coordinates: 48° 53' 52.00" N    2° 6' 30.00" E Kevin Dayhoff Sun. morning, Oct. 30, 2016 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/10/georges-pompidou-bridge-is-road-bridge.html 

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Place Martin Luther King 1929 at the corner of Rue Saint Eloi and Rue Herbiere, Rouen, Normandy, France


Place Martin Luther King 1929 - 1968 pasteur amercain, Prix Nobel de la pair en 1964 on the corner of the Temple Saint Eloi at the corner of Rue Saint Eloi and Rue Herbiere, Rouen, Normandy, France. Oct. 26, 2016 Wed

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Annual Martin Luther King Breakfast, Annual Martin Luther King Day, People King Martin Luther, World Europe France, 

Pay our respects to the French veterans of the First Indochina (Vietnam) War, 1945 - 1954; in Vernon France


Caroline and I took a moment to pay our respects to the French veterans of the First Indochina (Vietnam) War, 1945 - 1954; at the Aux Mort et Disparus de la Guerre d'Indochine Memorial in Vernon, Normandy, France, on the Rue des Combattants d'Indochine. Tues. Oct. 25, 2016.

Tues. Oct. 25, 2016 Vernon, Normandy France

Tues. Oct. 25, 2016 Vernon, Normandy France - standing at the plane tree that anchored the 2nd floating bridge across the Seine established on Aug. 27, 1944.

Almost 3 months after D Day, June 6, 1944; on Aug. 25, 1944, the British Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeoman - Royal Armoured Corps, moved through Vernon to begin operations to cross the Seine.

From Aug. 25-29, 1944 the British lost over 550 men in the operation. Montgomery used the bridge to cross the Seine on Sept. 1, 1944, on his way to Belgium.

According to one guide, "Normandy is a region of northern France. Its varied coastline includes white-chalk cliffs and WWII beachheads, including Omaha Beach, site of the famous D-Day landing. Just off the coast, the rocky island of Mont-Saint-Michel is topped by a soaring Gothic abbey. The city of Rouen, dominated by Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, is where military leader and Catholic saint Joan of Arc was executed in 1431."

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Dayhoff: Enjoying autumn leaves in Carroll County Maryland

Dayhoff: Enjoying autumn leaves in Carroll County Maryland


Time Flies by Kevin Dayhoff October 7, 2016


For those of us who adore the long days, sunshine, heat, and humidity of Maryland summers; the shorter days and crisp temperatures of October bring mixed emotions.

We are certainly happy to turn off the air conditioning, throw open the windows and enjoy the cooler temperatures and the brilliant colors of the leaves in Carroll County.

However, we all know in the back of our minds that winter is not far away. Winters in Maryland are hateful. Snow is a four-letter word. Ice is the wrath of the Gods.

Yet, for a runner, the kaleidoscope of the fall colors are a welcome distraction to the constant pounding of footsteps on a fall run.

Fall is for runners. Whether you walk or run, the Wakefield Valley Community Trail is arguably one of the best places to enjoy fall in Carroll County.


Sunday, October 02, 2016

At a wonderful memorial service celebrating the life of Dorothy J. "Dottie" Whitson


At a wonderful memorial service celebrating the life of Dorothy J. "Dottie" Whitson, April 17, 1921 - Sept. 23, 2016. Born in Gunter India, she along with her husband, Pastor Stanley Whitson, were a critical part of the foundation of Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster for many years. God bless her for service to our community. Sun. Oct. 2, 2016.

Saturday, October 01, 2016

Caroline, Grammy, and I really enjoyed attending The Shepherd's Staff 25th Anniversary Dinner

Caroline, Grammy, and I really enjoyed attending The Shepherd's Staff 25th Anniversary Dinner Dance at the Reese Fire Hall. We sat with Del. Haven Shoemaker and his wife. Sitting nearby were folks like Ed and Rebecca Leister, CC School Board member Virginia and Judge Charles Harrison, and Bernardino Jones and his wife. It was good to see Joe and Becki Maurio, Brenda Meadows, Vera Green, Lois and Craig Giles, and many-many others. It was a nice evening for a great cause. Oct. 1, 2016.

Driver charged with hit and run involving an ambulance

Driver charged with hit and run involving an ambulance

Driver charged with hit and run involving a Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. ambulance at Carroll Co. crash scene Sept. 23, 2016

Sept. 29, 2016 by Kevin E. Dayhoff

We want everyone to come home safely at the end of the day.



On Friday, early in the afternoon, Sept. 23, 2016, a driver blew through an accident scene on westbound Rt. 140 and Sandymount Road, almost hit a Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. EMS provider, and sideswiped ambulance 38.

On Wed., Sept. 28, 2016, Greg Shipley with the Maryland State Police office of media communications sent out a news release about the incident: http://news.maryland.gov/msp/2016/09/28/driver-charged-with-hit-and-run-involving-ambulance-at-carroll-co-crash-scene/

On Wed., Sept. 26, 2016, the Carroll County Times carried the story: “Westminster man charged with hit-and-run of ambulance at crash scene,”
“A Westminster man has been charged in a hit-and-run incident after he allegedly drove through a crash scene on Md. 140 on Friday, striking an ambulance, then drove away…” Carroll County Times staff Wed., Sept. 28, 2016 http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/crime/ph-cc-ambulance-hit-and-run-20160928-story.html

On Thursday afternoon, Sept. 29, 2016, news reporter Tracey Leong and videographer Judy Ryan from WJZ Baltimore Channel 13 interviewed Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. EMS provider Brittany Baeder about the hit and run crash in Carroll Co. Sept. 23, 2016 at Rte 140 and Sandymount Rd. http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/09/29/hit-and-run-driver-unapologetic-after-narrowly-missing-firefighter/



“The men and women of the Westminster Vol. Fire Dept., on behalf of all Carroll County fire fighters. EMS provides and police officers, urge the driving public to exercise extra restraint, caution, care, and patience when they come upon fire and police officials responding at an accident scene.

The consequences of not exercising that extra care can be horrific. Besides, they could attending to your loved-one, neighbor, friend, or family member – or the first responder hurt or killed by your actions could be your loved-one, neighbor, friend, or family member. Move over - we want everyone to come home safely at the end of the day.” Kevin E. Dayhoff Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1 PIO and Chaplain

A big thanks to my friend John Sosnowsky – Sozra, for allowing us to use his music in this piece: “Digital Revival,” from the 1997 album, “Earth Continuum.” Award-winning nationally acclaimed artists John and Debby Sosnowsky have been designing and handcrafting jewelry, art, and music since 1980. Visit them at www.sozra.com  

Westminster Volunteer Fire Department http://www.westminstervfd.org/

Our Mission:  The Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. 1, is dedicated to providing quality Emergency Services to our community through the combined team efforts of our members, the local government organizations, and the citizens of our community to enhance our ability to protect life, property, and the environment.


Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1 https://www.facebook.com/groups/59650220730/

Kevin Dayhoff Westminster Online: http://www.kevindayhoff.org
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EMS, traffic safety, firefighter, fire department, Maryland State Police, Westminster, Carroll County, Reese, Maryland


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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Saturday, September 24, 2016

Historical Society of Carroll County exhibit on the Greek family experience in Westminster

Historical Society of Carroll County exhibit on "Yearning to Breathe Free," the experience of the Greek families in Westminster history, at Westminster City Hall. 24Sept2016

Jacie Mathias-Jones, Audrey Cimino, Lt. Tony Ott, and Caroline Babylon

Jacie Mathias-Jones, Audrey Cimino, Lt. Tony Ott, and Caroline Babylon confer on the issues of the day at Westminster Fallfest. We're in good hands. 24Sept2016

Butch Duvall brought his 1955 Custonline Ford to the Fallfest Midnight Madness

Butch Duvall brought his 1955 Custonline Ford to the Fallfest Midnight Madness Sept. 23, 2016

We really enjoyed the car show at Mines Madness at Westminster Fallfest

We really enjoyed the car show at Mines Madness at Westminster Fallfest Friday night, Sept. 23, 2016

Westminster Police Officers Workman, Clagett, and Obst

Westminster Police Officers  Workman, Clagett, and Obst, compare notes while working at Fallfest. Sept. 23, 2016

I am smiling at the idea of deep-frying the Smuckers 'Uncrustables'

I am smiling at the idea of deep-frying the Smuckers 'Uncrustables' peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches at Westminster Fallfest 23Sept2016

The Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. visited with Firehouse Subs at the Carroll Co. Ag Center

The Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. visited with the Pokecrawl and movie night with Firehouse Subs at the Carroll Co. Ag Center with the Tinina Q. Cade Foundation and Shady Grove Fertility Friday night Sept. 23, 2016. From left to right: WFD Vice-president Bob Cumberland, Dexter White, co-owner Firehouse Subs, Camille Hammond, CEO Cade Foundation, and co-owner Firehouse Subs, and WFD Chaplain Kevin Dayhoff

Friday, September 23, 2016

Westminster Fallfest is super-packed.

Westminster Fallfest is super-packed. Many folks have remarked that they like the new layout. 23Sept2016

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

With my good friends Kevin Wagman, Mike Bennett, and Dexter White at Firehouse Subs

With my good friends Kevin Wagman, Mike Bennett, and Dexter White at Firehouse Subs in Westminster. Wed., Sept. 21, 2016 Dexter, the owner, does it all. Dexter used to work Western District as a police officer with the Baltimore City Police. Not only is Firehouse Subs a great safe place for firefighters, but for police officers and military veterans as well.

Friday, September 16, 2016

IHOP for dinner with Caroline. #hotfridaynightdate

IHOP for dinner with Caroline. We miss eating at IHOP with Brenda and Gil. Just saying. #hotfridaynightdate

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Really appreciated the Marine color guard and the Carroll County Young Marines retiring of the flag ceremony...


Really appreciated the Marine color guard and the Carroll County Young Marines retiring of the flag ceremony and Taps at the 11Sept2001 remembrance at the Carroll Co. Ag. Center. Sept. 16, 2016. Semper Fi.

Ag Carroll Co MD Ag Center, Dayhoff photos flag, Flag, Military Marines, 

If you ever wondered why there is a special bond between Vietnam era vets and the police...

If you ever wondered why there is a special bond between Vietnam era vets and the police – read the caption on this display at the Carroll. Co. Ag Center carefully. Just saying. Sept. 11, 2016. Been there – got the t-shirt. We stand behind the thin blue line.

Big Thanks to Tom Becker for putting together the great events at the Ag Center on Sept. 11, 2016

Big Thanks to Tom Becker, 2nd from the left, a fellow Marine, for putting together the great events at the Ag Center for an 11Spt2001 remembrance. Thx. Next year will be even better. Sept. 11, 2016

Dinner earlier today at the fire station with Vocelli pizza

Dinner earlier today at the fire station with Vocelli pizza. A shout-out to Vocelli pizza for supporting firefighters and EMS personnel. Thx. Sept. 11, 2016

At the CC AG Center to represent the Westminster Vol. Fire Dept.

At the CC AG Center to represent the Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. at the 11Sept2001 remembrance. Sept. 11, 2016 Great community event looking forward to seeing more folks out there next year.

With the USMC color guard retiring the flag at the Carroll Co. Ag. Ctr Sept. 11, 2016


With the USMC color guard retiring the flag at the Carroll Co. Ag. Ctr Sept. 11, 2016 Semper Fi Never Forget

Ag Carroll Co MD Ag Center, Dayhoff photos flag, Flag, Military Marines, 

Saturday, September 03, 2016

Clyde Hirt's awesome Douglas Lawn and Landscape crew

Clyde Hirt's awesome Douglas Lawn and Landscape crew help Ronnie Wentz keep Grace Lutheran Church grounds looking great. Sept. 2, 2016

Friday, September 02, 2016

"The Bicycle Piece," 1983 by Kevin Dayhoff

"The Bicycle Piece," 1983 by Kevin Dayhoff. I must have been channeling Louis Paumier when I did this piece. Sept. 2, 2016

When the going gets tough, the tough go for Magnum Mini White ice cream bars.

When the going gets tough, the tough go for Magnum Mini White ice cream bars. Sept. 2, 2016

Frederick News-Post: Political Notes: Getting schooled on presidential politics By Danielle E. Gaines

Frederick News-Post: Political Notes: Getting schooled on presidential politics By Danielle E. Gaines


[…]

Hood College professors are holding classes this fall to bring their students context — and a healthy dose of skepticism, the school says — on the upcoming presidential election.

I sat in on Carin Robinson’s “Election 2016” special topics class this Monday.

[…]

Peters said the state of the party is “a disaster” with the fault line between Donald Trump die-hards and old-school D.C. political elitists.

“My hope is that it can end quickly,” he said.

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Political Notes: Getting schooled on presidential politics
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Washington Post: Samsung Electronics says it is halting sales of its Galaxy Note 7 following battery explosions, the Associated Press reported.

Samsung Electronics says it is halting sales of its Galaxy Note 7 following battery explosions, the Associated Press reported.


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Filomena Ristorante 1063 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20007 www.filomena.com




Filomena Ristorante 1063 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20007 www.filomena.com

1 (888) FILOMENA
(202) 338-8800
1063 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007

August 29, 2016

Monday, August 22, 2016

LAX Creates ‘Celebrity Terminal’ Free of Paparazzi, Peons

LAX Creates ‘Celebrity Terminal’ Free of Paparazzi, Peons


Celebrity culture is already pretty sickening.


Mindless masses fawning after their every word and movement on-air and social media. Dedicated hours of gossip for these folks. Publicists who couldn’t shine the shoes of most PR pros. The upper-crust privileges, fashionable bootlicking, and senseless hypocrisy. http://www.adweek.com/prnewser/lax-creates-celebrity-terminal-free-of-paparazzi-peons/119602
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Watch how they make aluminum wheels for bicycles

Today’s verses come from Deuteronomy 31:8 and Isaiah 52:12


Today's verses come from Deuteronomy 31:8 and Isaiah 52:12

Deuteronomy 31:8- The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

Isaiah 52:12 But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

For first responders, firefighters and EMS personnel, they are spot on. Mon. Aug. 22, 2016.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Sunday, August 21, 2016. 8:45 am service at St. John Catholic Church, Westminster Md.


Sunday, August 21, 2016. 8:45 am service at St. John Catholic Church, Westminster Md. 

The new priest, Father Mark is awesome.

Father Mark's message this morning was to discuss the Olympics, the number of metals won by  the nations with the highest metal count - and the accomplishments of the athletes. Can you imagine what it would be like if we gave all the athletes a certificate of participation? 

As a member of the church, we cannot simply just show up and get a participation trophy. Keep your eyes on the prize, Jesus Christ. When did mediocre become good enough? We have to become the best version of ourselves.

We have to stop the participation trophy complex from running our lives. We run the race to win. We cannot win the race if we get a trophy for just showing up.

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Westminster Eagle May 12, 2009: Crunching numbers, and historic perspective, in Westminster election


Westminster Eagle May 12, 2009: Crunching numbers, and historic perspective, in Westminster election

August 18, 2016 / KED

In recent memory, several folks have called to my attention an article I wrote after the 2009 Westminster elections.

From what I gather, there is already some interest in the Westminster municipal elections in May 2017?

After several inquiries, a friend referred to the article and sent me a link. Interestingly enough, in spite of all the changes in the last several years with the Baltimore Sun and Carroll County Times websites, the article is still on the web, for now at least. It may be found here: http://archives.explorecarroll.com/news/2896/utz%20analysis/

Please click on the article and read it on the Baltimore Sun’s website here: http://archives.explorecarroll.com/news/2896/utz%20analysis/. Maybe if some of these older articles get enough clicks and reads, it will encourage the Carroll County Times and the Baltimore Sun to keep more of the older stories on the web.

Meanwhile, I have been through this exercise so often in the last 12-years that I began putting the well-read articles on Soundtrack, in the hopes that even if the newspapers drop the stories off the web; the stories will remain available…. Just saying
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Crunching numbers, and historic perspective, in Westminster election

News Analysis


The Westminster city elections held on Monday marked 190 years of Westminster city government. The first elections in Westminster were the first Monday in April 1819.

In this past Monday’s election Kevin Utz, a Westminster Common Council member first elected in 2005, was chosen by the voters to serve a four-year term in the mayor’s office.

Utz, who previously served as the Westminster legislative body’s chair of the Public Safety Committee, is a retired Maryland state trooper and a former chief of the Westminster Fire Department.

He edged out councilwoman Suzanne Albert, great-granddaughter of former Westminster mayor David E. Walsh (May 20, 1912-May 15, 1916) by 32 votes; garnering 248 votes compared to Albert’s 216.

In 2005, when he ran for his first council seat, Utz got the nod from 505 voters.

Albert, the second woman in Westminster history to hold elected office, was first elected in 1995. Westminster voters returned her to a seat on the council every four years ever since. Albert followed Rebekah Orenstein, a council member from 1991 to 1995. 

The first woman known to have run for a seat on the Common Council was Mary Elizabeth Speicher, who gathered 275 votes in the 1967 election, which were only 28 votes short of winning one of the three council seats up for grabs that year.

Rounding out the field yesterday were former Westminster council president Ken Hornberger with 165 votes, just ahead of Dennis Frazier’s 156.

Hornberger, husband of the late former State Sen. Sharon Hornberger, served two terms previously as a Common Council member, 1983 to 1991,  several of those years as the council president.  In the 1983 election he won 194 votes and in 1987, 301. Hornberger did not stand for election in 1991.

Frazier is also no stranger to running for office. He ran unsuccessfully for council in 1993, with 305 votes, and in 1991 when he received 585 votes, for a fourth place finish in an election in which 1,224 voters turned out at the polls.

A total of 755 people voted in Monday’s election. The current population of Westminster is over 17,000 with over 7,000 registered voters. 

In only six Westminster elections in the last 45 years, since 1964, have more citizens cast votes. The highest voter turnout in that time was in 1991, with 1,224 votes cast; the lowest was in 1965 with saw only 126 voters show up at the polls. The population of Westminster in 1964 was approximately 6,500.

From 1964 to today, Westminster has held 25 elections. The average turnout is 616. The highest vote getter since 1964 was former mayor Ken Yowan, who hauled-in 887 votes in a particularly contested election in 1991.

Compare that to 100 years ago, in the contentious 1895 election, in which the hot button issue was whether to light the streets with electricity or gas.  Then, 589 citizens voted in that election, out of a population of approximately 3,000 citizens. 

That was 40 more voters than the 1890 election in which another difficult issue brought out the voters over the question as to whether or not the city ought to issue $25,000 in bonds to fix the city streets.

The main issue in this year’s election was securing adequate supplies of drinking water for the city’s almost 34,000 water users, inside and outside of the city limits.

After the results were announced Monday evening, mayor-elect Utz said the water issues will be the first matter that he will tackle after he is sworn into office at the biennial Common Council organizational meeting next Monday night.

Utz remarked, after pausing for a moment, that his election victory “hasn’t quite sunk in yet. We’ve got lots of work to do and I’m ready to get started.”

Utz was full of praise for his opponents. He said that he looks forward to working with councilwoman Albert, who retains her seat on the council.  “I fully intend to use every resource available… A great idea is a great idea wherever or from whomever it comes from… I want to thank and congratulate everyone who ran and I appreciate their willingness to serve.”

In the Common Council, two seats were open in the election, with the top two vote getters securing seats. Serving for the next four years on the Common Council will be council seat winners Damian Halstad and Tony Chiavacci. 

In a field of six candidates for a seat on the council; Halstad, a former council president, was top vote getter Monday with 512 votes compared to Chiavacci’s 478. Following in the distance were William Gill and Darcel Harris, tied with 130 votes, Eleanor DeMario, 105, and William Hughes with 58.

Halstad previously served on the Common Council from 1993 to 2005.  From 1999 to 2005 he served as the council president. In his first election, the then-31 year-old newcomer to Westminster politics garnered 597 votes. Since 1964, only 10 contenders for office have won more votes than Halstad out of over 140 candidates.

Halstad remarked after the council meeting Monday night that he was grateful to the citizens of Westminster for their vote of confidence.

Tony Chiavacci may be a young newcomer to Westminster politics, but he comes from a family used to the challenges of elected office.  He is the son of outgoing council president Roy Chiavacci. 

Although there are examples of the children of elected officials serving in office years later; more research is needed to determine if there has ever been a son of a former elected official to follow immediately in the parent’s footsteps.

It is also interesting to note that Tony Chiavacci lives in the home that was once occupied by another elected official, Russell Sellman, who owned the home from 1959 to 1973.  During those years Sellman served on the Common Council from 1961 to 1971 — seven of those years as the council president.

Tony Chiavacci said that he was “honored the citizens would come out and vote for Damian — and with such a mandate,” in a reference to his large victory margin over the next runner-up on the contest.  “I’m humbled and anxious to get started.”


The writer, Kevin Dayhoff, is a history columnist for The Eagle newspapers. He served as mayor of the city of Westminster from 2001 to 2005, following the footsteps of his father-in-law, Dave S. Babylon Jr., who served on the Westminster Common Council from 1964 to 1987 – for many of those years as council president; as did his grandfather Frank Thomas Babylon for several years in the 1890s. 
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The Hill: Aetna pulling back from ObamaCare in blow to health law

The Hill: Aetna pulling back from ObamaCare in blow to health law


In a blow to the healthcare law, Aetna — one of the largest health insurers in the country — announced Monday that it will significantly scale back its presence on the ObamaCare marketplaces next year.

The move comes as a range of insurers have complained of financial losses on the ObamaCare marketplaces.
The company said it will scale back from participating in 15 states this year to just four states in 2017.

“As a strong supporter of public exchanges as a means to meet the needs of the uninsured, we regret having to make this decision,” Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said in a statement, citing a loss of $200 million in the second quarter.

The Obama administration argued the move is not a sign that the ObamaCare marketplaces are in trouble.

“Aetna’s decision to alter its Marketplace participation does not change the fundamental fact that the Health Insurance Marketplace will continue to bring quality coverage to millions of Americans next year and every year after that,” said the administration’s ObamaCare marketplace CEO, Kevin Counihan.

The move comes on the heels of pullbacks from other major insurers, including UnitedHealthcare and Humana.


The insurers have raised concerns about the sustainability of the ObamaCare marketplaces. Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/291531-aetna-pulling-back-from-obamacare-in-blow-to-health-law
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