Maryland Health Progress Act Passes Maryland House and Senate
March 27, 2013
Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative President, Vinny DeMarco comments, “We thank the Administration for continuing to push forward with legislation that will make sure we all have opportunities to provide coverage for our families. We cannot thank the Maryland General Assembly enough for moving forward with this life saving law. We appreciate our legislators in Annapolis for standing with Maryland's children, mothers, and fathers to pass this critical piece of legislation.”... Read more »
Great hearings and great press!
March 14, 2013
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Senate hearing for our Healthy Maryland Initiative yesterday. Here is a great article from the Maryland Reporter and blog post from the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute about our initiative: Another tax hike on cigarettes and cigars gets kicked around March 14, 2013 at 12:03 am By ... Read more »
MD mulls even higher tax rates on cigarettes
November 26, 2012
"People aren't going to spend $4 in gas to save $1 on the cigarette tax [in another state]," he said. "There will be a little bit of that, but ultimately you're going to have fewer people smoking."... Read more »
Strong support but gaps in knowledge about new health care law
November 20, 2012
Support for the new federal health care law is solid in Maryland, but a survey released yesterday by The Horizon Foundation and the Health Care for All! Coalition finds that implementing it is going to be a challenge – a lot of people don’t know many details about how it will work.... Read more »
Maryland voters supportive of health reform, survey finds
Maryland voters are supportive of health care reform even though some still haven't grasped all the details, a new survey has found.... Read more »
Survey: Maryland Voters Know Little About Federal Health Law
November 19, 2012
“We need to invest more in outreach,” said Vernick, whose organization is already working with other groups to launch education and communication campaigns. “There’s a huge opportunity in the next six to twelve months to make sure that people understand what they need to do,” she added.... Read more »
Marylanders standing to benefit from health reform law know least about it, survey says
Those numbers suggest there is significant room for improvement in educating the public about the law before it fully goes into effect January 2014.... Read more »
Lobbyists hope tax will curb smoking in teens
November 15, 2012
"And whether we bend beneath the cross, bow before the Star of David, kiss the black stone of Mecca or simply stand before the infinite Is, the faith community stand united in saying raise this tax to save our children," Bishop Douglas Miles said.... Read more »
Maryland health group tries again for $1 tax hike on cigarettes
The tax increase would build on previous increases to the tobacco tax and play an important role in funding anti-smoking programs for teenagers and other public health needs... Read more »
Another tax increase proposed for Maryland cigarettes
"It's the kind of thing that the public supports, and it will do a lot of good," said Vincent DeMarco, president of Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative.... Read more »
