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Video addresses alcohol, tobacco tax success

The Maryland Healthcare for All Coalition has released a video demonstrating the success of alcohol

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Maryland County Executives Back Drug Affordability Board

Maryland lawmakers are taking action to manage prescription drug prices and gouging, by working to

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2019 General Assembly Preview:

The Maryland General Assembly kicks off its 439th session on Wednesday with the great expectations

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Maryland Lawmakers Push Affordable Prescription Drug Bill

Maryland lawmakers say prescription drug prices are far too high for many people. Now, some

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Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski spoke with Governor Hogan about upcoming issues

WYPR 88.1 By John Lee  January 7, 2019 Excerpt:  “Ed Johnson with the Maryland Citizens

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Supreme Court must right wrong striking down Md.’s drug price-gouging statute

Drawing on its sovereign power to protect the health and welfare of its residents, Maryland enacted

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Media Advisory: Local Leaders Endorse Prescription Drug Affordability Board Legislation

Executives from five local jurisdictions join in call for board to establish fair and affordable

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ACA mandate gone, but a few states still require coverage

Backers argued the mandate was needed to spread risk widely among people both sick and healthy. And

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Women, blacks, veterans: Maryland caucus leaders set goals for Maryland’s 2019 General Assembly session

Health care, immigration, education and criminal justice will remain the Maryland Legislative

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Michael A. Pretl, personal injury attorney and health advocate, dies

Michael A. Pretl, a personal injury attorney, neighborhoods and health care activist and

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Lawyer, Activist Mike Pretl Dies

Michael A. Pretl, a lawyer and progressive activist who has been associated with several

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3 state legislative battles to watch in 2019

Democrats pushing for drug-pricing changes have momentum there, after a substantial proportion of

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Maryland cigarette and alcohol taxes were the right move for public health

The decline in tobacco use, which causes a third of heart-disease-related deaths, has had enormous

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Here’s what health care advocacy orgs are targeting in the 2019 session

One of the top legislative priorities for 2019 among health care advocacy groups is increasing drug

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New Ad Touts Public Health Success of Tobacco, Alcohol Taxes

The Maryland Healthcare for All Coalition is launching a video Wednesday demonstrating the success

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The ruling striking down Obamacare probably won’t stand, but Maryland shouldn’t take any chances

Many expect that a Texas judge’s ruling Friday that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional

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Black Caucus Makes Prescription Drug Bill a Top Priority for 2019

“This will be a key priority in the upcoming session for the Legislative Black Caucus, and we

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Md. Officials Vow to Fight for Affordable Care Act

Maryland backers of the Affordable Care Act reacted with anger and alarm to a court ruling striking

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What does Texas ruling mean for Obamacare in Maryland?

A federal judge in Texas struck down the Affordable Healthcare Act in a ruling late Friday,

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Md. lawmakers to weigh mandate, drug prices in 2019

Maryland legislators in the 2019 General Assembly session will consider several measures aimed at