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Absent federal action, states take the lead on curbing drug costs

Washington Post Shefali Luthra September 29, 2017 Lawmakers in Maryland are daring to legislate

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Judge clears way for Maryland drug price-gouging law

NASDAQ Deena Beasley September 29, 2017 Sept 29 (Reuters) – A U.S. District Court judge on

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Judge: Maryland can act against drug price-gouging, for now

Star Tribune Brian Witte September 29, 2017 ANNAPOLIS, Md. — An effort by drug makers to block

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Raskin warns the next stop for Cassidy-Graham bill could be the House

Washington Post Jenna Portnoy September 20, 2017 Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) and Montgomery County

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Drug industry on tenterhooks as Maryland price-gouging law nears

Reuters September 15, 2017 Deena Beasley (Reuters) – As U.S. consumer outrage grows over

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Don’t let pharma take down a new Maryland price gouging law

Washington Post Jeremy A. Greene – Op-Ed September 8th 2017 Jeremy A. Greene is a professor

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Maryland’s Eastern Shore, a GOP stronghold, home to thousands who now have insurance thanks to Obamacare

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Maryland panel to monitor health-care overhaul efforts meets for first time

Washington Post August 2, 2017 Fenit Nirappil A Maryland state panel established by lawmakers to

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On health care, state lawmakers grapple with uncertainty

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Panel hears of Obamacare successes, perils in Maryland

A commission established to explore Maryland’s options to respond to a possible repeal of

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Repealing Obamacare is dead. What’s next for Marylanders?

Next Tuesday, on August 1. a newly created commission, the Health Insurance Coverage Protection

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Maryland health care advocates celebrate after repeal bill fails

"We are here with one simple message: The life-saving Affordable Care Act is here to stay," said

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Maryland advocacy group celebrates “Obamacare’s” continuing victory over “Trumpcare”

“We pledge to work to make the Affordable Care Act better. One of the ways we are doing that is

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Media event: The Affordable Care Act is Here to Stay

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Senate Swats Down GOP Health Care Bill Hours After Opening Debate

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Raising Alcohol Taxes Can Curtail Assaults and Suicides

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Statement of Vincent DeMarco, President of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative on the apparent failure of the attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act

We are thrilled that the Republican Congressional leadership’s shameful attempt to repeal the

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‘I’m scared to death’: Advocates, recipients fear for Medicaid’s future in Maryland

delmarvanow Jeremy Cox July 17, 2017 The symptoms came out of nowhere. Chris Sabas had been

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Ending price gouging is the correct prescription

Baltimore Sun Stanley Rodbell July 13, 2017 In his commentary, “Marylanders misled by drug