Md. hospital rates, Aubrey Bodine's labor photography, and segregation in Druid Hill Park




WYPR: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast Podcast show

Summary: Maryland is the only state that sets rates for hospital services. Some hospitals say the rates are too low: the University of Maryland Medical System and some other hospitals have announced layoffs. We talk about it with John Colmers, former state health secretary and chair of the state's rate-setting commission. Then, perhaps no one captured life in mid-20th century Maryland better than the late Baltimore Sun photographer Aubrey Bodine. Today his daughter brings us a new photo book of umbrella menders, crab pickers, and other locals. It’s called: "Bodine's Industry: The Dignity of Work." And, Tom Saunders of Renaissance Production and Tours joins Tom Hall in Druid Hill Park to see some of the most important landmarks of Baltimore's African-American history.