Medicaid expansion good for Maryland
May 10, 2013
Thank you for your recent article on a study of Medicaid the New England Journal of Medicine that addressed the role of Medicaid in promoting mental health and protecting families from financial ruin ("Study: Medicaid has mixed record in improving health," May 2). ... Read more »
Maryland Takes the Lead on Health Reform
March 27, 2013
...Maryland was among the nation's first to move full throttle to implement the Affordable Care Act. The decision puts the state well out ahead in expanding access to some 300,000 people who will qualify for free or subsidized health insurance as of 2014, according to Suzanne Schlattman, Deputy Director for Development and Community Outreach, Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc.... Read more »
Maryland will vigorously enroll the uninsured, starting October
Select coverage from the “Health Care Reform and Your Community" Ethnic Media Roundtable... Read more »
MD Advocates should now focus on health care
February 4, 2013
It is important for those advocates who were engaged in the successful campaign for marriage equality to now turn their attention and efforts to make sure that Maryland’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act goes as far as it possibly can to guarantee meaningful access to quality, affordable health care for LGBT Marylanders.... Read more »
Taxing cigarettes saves lives
November 26, 2012
Editorial board's view: Perhaps the single most effective public health intervention Maryland could take would be to increase the cigarette tax... Read more »
Tax the smokers again
November 19, 2012
The proposal is sure to face stiff opposition from tobacco companies. It's also sure to cut smoking rates even farther and to save more lives.... Read more »
Health group proposes another $1 cigarette tax hike
November 15, 2012
“In 2007, the money that was raised help to fund a major health care expansion program for over a 100,000 people in Maryland,” DeMarco said. “It was really successful and we want to replicate that success of 2007.”... Read more »
If GOP repeals ‘Obamacare’ what happens to patients in Maryland?
September 24, 2012
The state has gained an edge by working on the exchange quickly, said Matthew Celentano, deputy director of the Maryland Citizen’s Health Initiative. ... Read more »
Ready, or Not, for Obamacare
August 14, 2012
“We want to be the model,” says Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown... Read more »
Health Enterprise Zones
July 27, 2012
We participated in a great public forum last night at the Long Branch Community Center to discuss the Lt. Governor's Health Enterprise Zones initiative to address health disparities. Check out our footage on YouTube.... Read more »
