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Health reform success stories

Health reform works.

In Maryland alone, over 200,000 people have gained access to quality, affordable health care thanks to bi-partisan reform enacted by our state legislature since 2007.

  • Expanded Medicaid eligibility for working families and foster kids
  • Helped young adults stay on their parents plan to age 25
  • Provided discounts on prescription drugs to seniors
  • Improved access to mental health and substance abuse treatment for low-income adults
  • Created health care grants to help small businesses provide benefits to their employees

In addition to these great new programs, we all save money when more people have health insurance because it lowers our health care premiums!

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The reforms that have been enacted in Maryland were made possible because of excellent state leadership and the stories of hundreds of uninsured  Marylanders who were brave enough to talk about the difficulties they experienced being uninsured.

We published these stories in a book and short documentary entitled,

Faces of Maryland's Uninsured.

Click here to view the film on our website

   

Thanks to Maryland's health reform, we can replace many of these sad stories, with success stories!

We released the new book, "Faces of Maryland's NEWLY INSURED" this year to highlight true stories about how health reform is working in the lives of real Marylanders. 

These stories represent our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, grandparents, sons, daughters, the small business owners in our communities and our co-workers.

We would like to thank the wonderful people who opened their homes and shared their personal stories with us to make this project possible.

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  Faces of Maryland's Newly Insured

Introduction


Family Stories from Baltimore
Family Stories from Central MD
Family Stories from the Eastern Shore
Family Stories from Southern MD

Family Stories from Western MD

Young adult stories Part I & Part II

Senior stories

Small Business stories

Mental Health stories

Program Descriptions & Glossary

Acknowledgements


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