Nothing found here

Perhaps You will find something interesting from these lists...

All Blog Posts:

• Luigi Mangione, the hero? The disturbing reaction to health care CEO’s killing
• Maryland Matters: Maryland is taking steps to lower prescription drug prices; Big Pharma isn’t happy about it (Op-Ed)
• Media Advisory: State and Local Leaders Call for Extending Successful Subsidy Program Providing Affordable Health Insurance to Young Adults
• Media Advisory: Legislative Leaders and Advocates to Call for Expanding Authority of Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• Maryland Matters: Lawmakers OK upper payment limits for prescription drugs on state health plans
• Baltimore Sun: Maryland lawmakers OK plan to allow caps on high-cost prescription drugs
• Media Release: Maryland Health Care For All Coalition Applauds State Leaders for First-in-the-Nation Action to Make Prescription Drugs More Affordable
• Commentary: Cost cannot be ignored by drug board – just ask the patients who can’t afford prescriptions
• Key committee to vote on Maryland drug affordability board plan
• Health care grant aims to help underserved patients in Maryland
• Media Advisory: Virtual Meeting of Health Equity Resource Communities
• Maryland Matters: Board OKs upper payment limit process to cap drug costs on state health plans
• Join us! September 16, 2024 at 10AM Zoom Health Equity Resource Communities
• Op-Ed: Prescription drug price caps have been life changing
• We must protect the Inflation Reduction Act!
• Media Release: Maryland and National Health Groups Call on Presidential and Congressional Candidates to Protect the Health Benefits in the Inflation Reduction Act
• WYPR: Advocacy group calls on Maryland candidates to protect health subsidies
• Media Release: Governor Moore will sign Access to Care Act
• WMDT: MD Healthcare for All calls for bi-partisan support of Inflation Reduction Act
• DeMarco wastes no time, wants pledges from congressional nominees on prescription drug costs
• Media Release: Maryland Health Care for All! Coalition Calls on Candidates for Congress to Stand Strong in Support of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Vital Health Care Provisions
• Prescription Drug Story Outreach Toolkit
• Law is helping people filing unemployment insurance claims get health care coverage
• El Tiempo Latino: Maryland votó para ampliar el acceso a la salud para inmigrantes indocumentados
• Register for Coalition Zoom May 21 @12PM
• Maryland drug affordability board moving forward with eight medications for possible caps
• Join Comptroller Brooke Lierman for an evening with the Maryland Health Care for All! Coalition
• WMDT: Advocates look back on 14th ACA anniversary
• Media Release: Maryland Health Care for All! Celebrates the 14th Anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• Daily Record Commentary: Expand access to affordable drugs
• WYPR: Baltimore sues Eli Lily and others for price gouging
• Maryland Matters: Md. health officials have applied for new federal ‘AHEAD model.’ Here’s what it means.
• Baltimore Sun: Juvenile justice survives General Assembly ‘crossover day,’ fair share tax bill doesn’t
• Maryland Matters: A tidy crossover day produces progress and flashes of dissent
• WMDT: Prescription drug affordability expansion to wait until 2025 session in Maryland
• Media Release: Access to Care Act Passes General Assembly
• Renew Act would fine polluters in Maryland to the tune 9 Billion dollars
• Access to Care Act to allow undocumented to purchase state insurance in MD
• PhRMA representatives say it’s ‘not the time’ to expand Prescription Drug Affordability Board authority
• Maryland lawmakers explore options to cap prescription drug costs
• Maryland’s drug affordability board may expand to lower prices if it gets the votes
• Media Advisory: Senate Committee Hearing Wednesday on Bill to Make High Cost Drugs More Affordable
• Join the Prescription Drug Affordability Advocacy Day in Annapolis – 2/7 @11:30AM
• Prescription board sets tentative 2024 cost review plan to identify expensive drugs
• Join us February 7 for Prescription Drug Affordability Advocacy Day
• Prescription Costs Addressed In Upcoming Bill
• Maryland Black Caucus’s Legislative Agenda Includes Criminal Justice Reform and Health
• Fox 5 DC: Prescription Drug Affordability
• WBAL: Prescription Drug Affordability
• Bills to be introduced in the State House and Senate to help make high-cost drugs affordable
• Fox 45 Baltimore: Vincent Demarco – Prescription Drugs
• STATE ROUNDUP: NEW SUN OWNER BASHES SCHOOLS, POLITICIANS; BLACK CAUCUS TARGETS LOWERING DRUG COSTS
• Report finds some drug manufacturers spend more on advertising, executives’ salaries than new research
• Commentary: Prescription drug cost limits will not impede industry’s investments for new treatments
• Health, education among top priorities for Legislative Black Caucus
• Maryland Healthcare for All releases 2024 legislative agenda
• With tight purse strings in Annapolis, health care advocates push for improved access to care, lower drug prices
• Lawmakers: Maryland must expand reach of prescription drug board 
• Health care legislation preview: Maryland advocates want to focus on access, patients in 2024 session
• New Maryland law looks to make prescription drugs more accessible
• Lowering ‘hidden tax’ on Maryland health care
• Delegates evaluate estimated costs of providing health care coverage for undocumented residents
• Maryland insurance expansions amounted to about $460 million in saved hospital costs
• Expanded health care coverage saves Marylanders $460M
• Media Release: MD has reaped at least $460 M in savings for hospital costs through expansion of health insurance coverage to more residents reducing hidden health care tax
• Baltimore Sun: Drugs don’t work if patients can’t afford them | READER COMMENTARY
• Maryland Matters: Md. board hopes to identify first round of prescription drugs for price evaluations in 2024
• Health care and gun violence top legislative priorities
• Baltimore County executive joins push for drug affordability ahead of 2024 session
• Rising Prescription Drug Costs and Maryland’s response to the issue
• Media Advisory: Baltimore forum to highlight progress to bring down costs of prescription drugs as many Marylanders struggle to afford them
• New Funding Opportunity for Health Equity Announced by CHRC
• WYPR: Maryland lawmakers take aim at high cost drugs on private insurance plans
• Maryland Matters: Health care advocacy group wants prescription drug cost reduction efforts expanded to all Marylanders
• WFMD: MD Health Care For All Coalition Proposes Strengthening Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• Baltimore Sun: Maryland advocacy group plans to pursue expansion of drug affordability next legislative session
• Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, health advocates talk next steps to drop drug prices
• Schedule of events released for Prescription Drug Affordability Campaign
• Medicare can now negotiate drug prices. How will this affect costs?
• Biden administration releases list of drugs Medicare will negotiate prices for
• Biden Administration chooses first 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations
• Media Statement: Maryland Health Care for All! Coalition praises Action by President Biden to Negotiate Drug Prices for Medicare
• Maryland Matters: Inflation Reduction Act nears 1st anniversary; Van Hollen, state lawmakers highlight health and climate impacts
• WBFF: Reflecting on the Inflation Reduction Act one year after it was signed
• Media advisory: Sen. Chris Van Hollen to Join Health and Climate Leaders to Mark One-Year Anniversary of Landmark Inflation Reduction Act
• OP-ED: Inflation Reduction Act helped make America healthier
• WMDT: Advocates tout savings ahead of one year anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act
• Healthcare Value Hub: Health care affordability in Maryland
• Baltimore Sun: What to do if you are at risk of losing Medicaid eligibility READER COMMENTARY
• Maryland health leaders discuss initiatives aiming to address social determinants of health
• Checking in on Medicaid Check-in: More than 34,000 people lost coverage in May while 76,000 kept it
• More states embrace drug price boards to curb health costs
• Commentary: 6% of Marylanders are uninsured. Here’s how we can get them covered.
• Public comments prompt drug affordability board to rework proposed rules
• ‘A long time coming’: Four years after its creation, Maryland drug affordability board drafts plan
• Media release: Gov Moore to sign two major bills to expand access to affordable health insurance
• Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board may bring huge price relief
• Event: Special reception and celebration with Lt. Governor Aruna Miller & Comptroller Brooke Lierman
• Maryland Healthcare Package: Young Adult Subsidy, Snap Enrollment, Affordability Boards pass
• Bills aiming to improve health care equity, access advance in General Assembly
• Media Release: Package of Health Insurance Legislation Heading for Passage in General Assembly
• WMDT: Healthcare subsidies for young people; MD groups push to make 3 year length program permanent to drive down premiums
• WBFF: Vinny DeMarco discusses Easy Enrollment Program
• WMAR TV: Health insurance assistance
• WMDT: MD Sen. Chris Van Hollen to introduce National version of Md’s ‘Easy Enrollment’
• WJZ TV: State lawmakers urge Marylanders to utilize Easy Enrollment Program
• WBAL: Enroll in health insurance on taxes
• PGC TV: Maryland Health Benefit Exchange
• WBFF: Easy Enrollment Program
• Chris Van Hollen, Brooke Lierman, other officials urge uninsured Marylanders to sign up for coverage through taxes
• With tax season underway, officials hope more Marylanders will check off ‘easy enrollment’ box to get health insurance info
• Baltimore Sun: Advocates, Maryland lawmakers pitch Health Care for All 2023 legislative agenda
• WFMD: Legislators, Md. Health Care For All Coalition Gather To Express Support For Five Health Care Bills
• WMAR: Lawmakers call for new legislation to get all Marylanders health care coverage
• CTV News: Health Advocates Agenda
• Media Statement
• Baltimore Sun Op-Ed: A five-part agenda for Maryland’s legislature
• Maryland Matters: Many diabetic Marylanders now have a $30 insulin copay because of a new state law that went into effect on Jan. 1
• The Baltimore Banner: Cap on insulin copays for many Marylanders takes effect
• WYPR: New Year, new rules. Maryland diabetics won’t have to break the bank for insulin in 2023
• New Maryland state board will scrutinize hundreds of medications to slash prescription costs
• Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board finally gets off the ground. Advocates hope its strategy pays off.
• Maryland Matters: Health advocates prep for ’23 session with ultimate goal of eliminating Md.’s uninsured population
• Baltimore Sun LTE: A 3-part prescription for better health in MarylandBaltimore Sun LTE:
• Giving Tuesday is Nov 29, 2022
• Baltimore seniors glean how new federal law cuts Medicare prescription costs
• State, local advocates share efforts to lower drug prices
• Sen. Van Hollen talks Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 with Baltimore faith leaders
• After slow start, prescription drug panel is poised to offer recommendations on prices
• Media Advisory: Prescription Drug Affordability Board Members to hear from Marylanders who struggle to pay high drug costs
• After slow start, prescription drug panel is poised to offer recommendations on prices
• Senators, advocates say Inflation Reduction Act will make health care more affordable
• Media Advisory
• Op-Ed: Here’s how the Inflation Reduction Act will help you
• What the Inflation Reduction Act will mean for Maryland residents
• WBAL: Inflation Reduction Act gets support before House vote
• WMDT: Inflation Reduction Act extends ACA premium payments to 2025, offers low to no premium payments for low-income Americans
• Baltimore Sun: From lower prescription costs to cleaner power, here’s what the federal ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ means for Maryland
• Daily Record: MD Democrats hope to take advantage of Inflation Reduction Act
• CTV News: Inflation Reduction Act
• Media Statement about Final Passage of Inflation Reduction Act
• Media Release: Statement on Inflation Reduction Act
• CTV News: New Healthcare Price Transparency Rules
• With ‘Healthy Babies Equity Act,’ Maryland Will Join Other States that Provide Prenatal Care Regardless of Immigration Status
• Van Hollen ‘Eager’ to Get Back to Work, His Wife Tells Baltimore Political Gathering
• A three-pronged approach to widening health care access in Maryland
• Statement About General Assembly Passage of SB 632 To Help Small Businesses Afford Health Care Coverage
• Media Statement About Senate Passage of SB 632 To Help Small Businesses Afford Health Care Coverage
• Media Advisory: Baltimore City and State Officials to Highlight the Maryland Health Insurance Easy Enrollment Program During Tax Season
• Media Advisory: Today at 12:15 Legislators and advocates to hold news conference highlighting the urgent need for legislation to help smaller employers provide health insurance to workers
• Media Statement About Extension of Open Enrollment at Maryland Health Connection
• Op-Ed: Small-business health care: a win for owners, employees and the bottom line
• For Immediate Release: Statement About U.S. House of Representatives Passage of the Build Back Better Act
• Pew: A Simple Tool Has Brought Health Insurance to Thousands
• Dan Rodricks: For Marylanders 18 to 34, a deal on health insurance and a brief history lesson
• WYPR: It’s open enrollment time for health insurance plans
• Maryland Matters: ‘Less Than Three Fancy Coffee Drinks’: New Program Offers Low-Cost Health Insurance to Young Adults
• Statement about major health improvements in the Build Back Better Framework
• Baltimore Sun: Open enrollment on Maryland health exchange readies to launch with new subsidies for young adults
• Maryland Reporter: State and local leaders tout new health care subsidy ahead of open enrollment
• Media Advisory: Local Leaders, Legislators and Advocates to Urge Young Marylanders to Take Advantage of New Subsidies and Enroll in Affordable Health Insurance
• Maryland Matters: Van Hollen Seeks to Expand Maryland’s Check-the-Box Insurance Enrollment Nationwide
• Van Hollen, Bera Introduce New Bicameral Bill to Make it Easier for Americans to Sign Up for Health Care, Close Massive Enrollment Gap
• Maryland Matters: Commission Seeking Grant Applicants to Quash Health Disparities in Black, Brown and Disabled Communities
• CHRC Press Release: Community Health Resources Commission Issues Pathways To Health Equity Call For Proposals
• 1430 WNAV: Marylanders looking for health coverage are likely to see lower premiums on Nov. 1.
• Maryland Reporter: Maryland is the sixth most vaccinated state in the nation: Study
• State of Reform: $60 million allocated to improve health disparities in Maryland’s underserved communities
• DeMarco: Biden’s proposal to make enhanced ACA premium subsidies permanent is a ‘game changer’
• Maryland Matters: Can Targeted Grants Improve the Health of Whole Neighborhoods? A Maryland Committee is Working on It
• WMAR Baltimore: Nearly $60 million in grants to improve equity in healthcare
• The Commonwealth Fund: State “Easy Enrollment” Programs Gain Momentum, Lay Groundwork for Additional Efforts to Expand Coverage
• Prince George’s County Community Television: The deadline to sign up for health coverage in Maryland is approaching
• 930 WFMD: American Rescue Plan Act Lowers Premiums For Those Receiving Coverage From Maryland Health Connection
• Maryland ranks No. 5 among states with the best health care: study
• Health Equity Resource Act Meeting August 11 Open to Public
• COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES COMMISSION ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO THE HEALTH EQUITY RESOURCE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
• Maryland Matters: Vincent DeMarco: Public Health Legislation Bolstered by an Array of Supporters
• Maryland Matters: General Assembly 2021: Winners and Losers
• WDVM TV: Health care legislation to benefit Marylanders’ access and affordability
• Baltimore Sun: Maryland lawmakers, advocates tout ‘huge wins’ in health legislation. Here’s what passed this year.
• Maryland The Daily Record: Md. legislation seen as boosting access to insurance for critical groups
• Maryland Matters: New Grant Program Will Reduce Health Care Inequality, Advocates Say
• Media Release: Advocates to Hail Major Health Care Legislation Approved By the Maryland General Assembly
• State of Reform: Health advocates praise productive legislative session
• Maryland The Daily Record: Advocates hail session as ‘tremendous victory for public health’
• Baltimore Sun: Maryland lawmakers bring home some victories for health care | READER COMMENTARY
• Media Release: As Nation Marks 11th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the General Assembly is on Track to Pass Three Major Health Care Bills
• Media Release: Statement About Congressional Approval of American Rescue Plan
• Baltimore Sun LTE: Make it easier for Maryland’s unemployed to get health insurance
• Washington Post: Opinion Maryland modeled how to tackle racial health disparities. Let’s revive that success.
• State of Reform: House bill would connect unemployed to health care options
• WJZ: Bill Aims To Raise Standards In Maryland’s Unemployment Insurance Program
• Fox 5: Push to get unemployed health insurance
• Public News Service: MD Bill Would Ease Access to Health Coverage for Unemployed
• Media Advisory: Hearing Tuesday on Legislation to Allow Marylanders to Enroll in Health Insurance While They Apply for Unemployment Insurance
• Stat News: With a legislative vote, Maryland’s prescription drug affordability board moves forward
• MEDIA RELEASE: Statement About General Assembly Override of Veto of Bill to Fund Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• WMAR Baltimore: Md. lawmakers propose unemployment system reforms
• AP News: Maryland lawmakers announce unemployment reform package
• Public News Service: MD Groups Urge Override of Drug Affordability Bill Veto
• The Baltimore Sun: Alcohol tax hike: a penny that saves lives | COMMENTARY
• Maryland Reporter: MARYLAND LEADERS URGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO OVERRIDE VETO OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FUND STATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BOARD
• Congressman Brown: “Justice And Equity Must Extend Throughout Our Communities — Including Our Health Care System”
• State of Reform: Bipartisan group of state leaders urges House to override drug price board funding veto
• MCHI Statement on Senate Leadership Support for Health Equity Resource Communities to Expand Health Care in Underserved Areas
• Media Release: Senate Budget & Taxation Committee to hear Testimony on Bill to Create Health Equity Resource Communities and Expand Health Care in Underserved Areas
• Maryland Matters: Jones Introducing Package of Bills to Reduce Health and Financial Disparities in Communities of Color
• State of Reform : Senate overturns Hogan’s veto over funding drug affordability board
• AP: Maryland Senate overrides some of governor’s vetoes
• The Daily Record: Senate Democrats override vetoes on crime, prescription drug bills
• Washington Post: Maryland Senate overrides Hogan veto of bill that funds nation’s first drug affordability board
• STAT: Maryland Senate overrides governor’s veto of prescription drug affordability board bill
• Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Statement About Senate Override of Governor’s Veto of Bill to Fund Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• The Baltimore Sun: Ministers endorse higher alcohol tax | READER COMMENTARY
• Baltimore Sun: Raising Maryland alcohol tax crucial to better health | READER COMMENTARY
• Media Release: Johns Hopkins Institutions Endorse Major Initiative to Expand Health Care in Underserved Communities
• The Daily Record: Lawmakers, group back health equity resource proposal
• Baltimore Business Journal: Johns Hopkins among over 250 organizations backing health equity legislation in Maryland
• Maryland Matters: Lawmakers Eye One-Cent Increase in Alcohol Tax to Address Health Disparities
• Baltimore Sun: Maryland health equity initiative legislation includes increase in alcohol tax to 10%
• Speaker Jones Videos on Maryland Successes
• Md. Prescription Drug Affordability Board Finally Gets a Director
• DEMARCO HIGHLIGHTS HEALTH CARE POLICY GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION
• Media Advisory: Federal and State Officials to Lead Virtual Community Forum About Rising Drug Prices in Baltimore City
• Baltimore Prescription Drug Affordability Town Hall Forum
• A simple unemployment form change could help struggling Marylanders access affordable health care | COMMENTARY
• Harford executive, Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board say public input is crucial as it works to curb costs of medication
• Obamacare open enrollment begins amid pandemic, Supreme Court challenge
• What Happens in Md. if the Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care Act?
• Use Alcohol Tax to Correct Health Care Disparities – Reader Commentary
• Marylanders with Pre-Existing Conditions will be Protected Regardless of How SCOTUS Rules on Obamacare
• Prescription Drug Affordability Board held in Charles
• Increase in alcohol tax could help address state’s health inequities
• Maryland lawmakers push for bill to reduce health care disparities
• Maryland lawmakers propose alcohol tax hike to address health disparities
• Support Health Equity Resource Communities
• Maryland lawmakers propose alcohol tax hike for health plan
• Maryland’s state lawmakers urge passage of legislation aimed at reducing health care disparities
• Media Statement: Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Applauds Premium Rate Drop for Individual Health Insurance Plans for 3rd Year in a Row
• Lawmakers, Advocates to Unveil Program to Reduce Health Care Disparities
• Op-ed Pandemic exposed weaknesses in health care system
• Maryland Prescription Drug Board Moving Right Along
• Maryland coronavirus emergency healthcare enrollment extended to July 15
• Uninsured? Get connected with health insurance today!
• MCHI Named a Health Care Hero
• Marylanders Encouraged to Enroll in Health Insurance Program
• Media Release: Prescription Drug Affordability Board Members to Update Community on Its Work to Bring Down Drug Costs
• LTE: Prescription drug affordability push requires adequate resources
• Poll: Marylanders Oppose Hogan’s Drug Board Veto, Favor Special Session
• LTE: Put Maryland back on path toward affordable prescription drugs
• Leader of Md. health group predicts legislature will override veto of prescription drug board funding
• Advocates Confident of Override on Drug Board Funding
• Media Release: MCHI Launches Digital Ad Campaign Against Governor’s Veto of Funding Bill for Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• UnitedHealthcare Returns to Md. Marketplace
• MD Lawmakers Urged to Quash Veto of Nation’s First Drug-Pricing Board
• Hogan Veto of Drug Board Funding Bill Baffles Advocates
• Statement About Governor Hogan’s Actions on Two Major Health Care Bills
• LTE: Even in the midst of a pandemic, Trump administration and others foolishly seek to undermine the Affordable Care Act
• Media Statement about Extension of Easy Enrollment Tax Check-Off Program and COVID-19 Special Open Enrollment Period
• Md. Officials Celebrate ACA, Push Health Care Initiatives
• Maryland Leads on Health Care
• Special Enrollment Period For Marylanders Without Health Insurance
• Video: ACA 10th Anniversary
• In Midst of Pandemic, Md. Officials Hail Affordable Care Act
• Media Release: Maryland Congressional Leaders, Maryland Legislators, and Advocate Voice Strong Support for the Affordable Care Act
• Media Advisory
• Bill to Fund Prescription Drug Affordability Board Passes in the Md. General Assembly
• Maryland special sign-up period for health insurance opens
• Maryland creates special healthcare enrollment period
• Maryland Reopens Insurance Enrollment as Coronavirus Spreads
• Special Sign-Up Period for Health Insurance Opens
• Md. offers insurance enrollment period during coronavirus pandemic
• With Coronvirus at hand, Maryland allows consumers to buy insurance during special enrollment
• Feeling sick? Don’t go to the ER. Do get health insurance.
• Maryland Reopens Insurance Enrollment as Coronavirus Spreads
• Media Statement About General Assembly Approval of Bill to Protect Affordable Care Act Protections in Maryland
• Media Release: Statement about special enrollment period during MD’s Coronavirus SOE
• Maryland creates special healthcare enrollment period
• Feeling sick? Don’t go to the ER. Do get health insurance.
• Md. offers insurance enrollment period during coronavirus pandemic
• Special Sign-Up Period for Health Insurance Opens
• With coronvirus at hand, Maryland allows consumers to buy insurance during special enrollment
• More Than 18K Ask About Health Insurance On Tax Returns
• More than 18K ask about health insurance on tax returns
• Thousands of uninsured Marylanders use taxes to ask about health coverage, exceeding officials’ expectations
• Media Release: MORE THAN 18,000 UNINSURED MARYLANDERS HAVE CHECKED THE BOX ON STATE TAX RETURNS TO SHARE INFORMATION FOR HEALTH COVERAGE
• Media Release on U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Hear Appeal of Affordable Care Act Case
• Urban Health Beat
• If Trump is serious about lowering prescription drug prices, here’s the bill he should support | READER COMMENTARY
• County Executive Johnny Olszewski, U.S. Rep. Sarbanes to host forum on rising drug prices
• Media Advisory: Baltimore County Executive to Host Community Senior Forum about Rising Drug Prices
• New health insurance program offered in Maryland
• New Health Insurance Easy Enrollment Program
• Franchot Talks About Path To Governor’s Office, Start Of Tax Season
• Oriole Eddie Murray to highlight health insurance enrollment
• State Leaders, Former Oriole ‘Easy’ Eddie Murray Highlight Health Insurance Enrollment Option
• Oriole Eddie Murray to highlight health insurance enrollment
• Oriole Eddie Murray Highlights Health Insurance Enrollment
• How the health insurance box on Md. tax forms will work
• Orioles Legend Eddie Murray Helps Kick Off Maryland’s Health Care Initiative
• Oriole Eddie Murray to highlight health insurance enrollment
• Eddie Murray to Appear in Radio Ad for Health Care Signup
• Need health insurance? Marylanders can now check a box on their income taxes to begin enrollment | COMMENTARY
• (POSTPONED) Come to a Listening Session on Prescription Drug Affordability
• “Easy” Eddie Murray to Join State Officials to Kick off New Health Insurance Easy Enrollment Program During Tax Season
• Senators to introduce package aimed at improving small business climate
• Media Advisory: “Easy” Eddie Murray to Join State Officials to Kick off New Health Insurance Easy Enrollment Program During Tax Season
• Small Business Health Care Subsidy Proposal Enjoys Very Broad Voter Support
• Marylanders Back Insurance Help for Small Business Workers
• Prescription drug costs under review in Maryland
• Maryland’s new prescription drug board meets for first time
• Prescription Drug Affordability Panel Gets to Work
• 10 Issues for the 2020 General Assembly Session
• Forum About Rising Drug Costs Jan. 6 In Ellicott City
• Chair of Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board to host forum Monday at Ellicott City senior center
• Maryland Prescription Drug Board Sets First Meeting
• Maryland officials and health care advocates hope to make prescription drugs more affordable
• Md. drug board set to begin meetings next week
• Leader of New Prescription Drug Board Says Relief Is on the Way
• Prescription Drug Affordability
• Howard residents voice concern over rising costs at first forum for Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• Media Advisory: Chair of New Prescription Drug Affordability Board to Lead Community Senior Forum About Rising Drug Prices
• Media Advisory: Chair of New Prescription Drug Affordability Board to Lead Community Senior Forum About Rising Drug Prices
• Chair of Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board to host forum Monday at Ellicott City senior center
• Maryland prescription drug board sets first meeting
• Md. Activists Vow to Enshrine Obamacare Provisions Now Threatened by Courts
• Media Release: Statement on December 18 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision on the Affordable Care Act
• Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Urges Marylanders to Sign up for Affordable Health Insurance During Open Enrollment
• Health Advocacy Group Marks 20 Years, Looks Ahead
• Health Care Advocacy Group Marks 20th Anniversary
• Lawmakers Eye Massachusetts Model for Md. Health Care System
• Media Release: The Lower Drug Costs Now Act Takes Bold Action to Address the Skyrocketing Costs of Prescription Drugs in the US
• Funding Deal for Prescription Drug Board Close, Hogan Administration Says
• Critics Suggest Hogan Is Ignoring Key Elements of Prescription Drug Bill
• Doctors Don’t Always Know What Patients Will Owe for Meds
• Media Advisory: Cardin to spotlight need to lower prices for prescription drugs
• Volunteers Tapped to Set Policy for Reaching Uninsured
• Media Advisory: Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Applauds We PAID Act Introduced in Congress by Senator Chris Van Hollen
• Van Hollen, Cardin Introduce Empowering States To Address Drug Costs Act
• Legislation Aimed at Helping States Rein in High Cost of Drugs
• Media Advisory: Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Urges State to Continue to Stabilize Premium Costs for Health Insurance Sold to Individuals and Small Businesses
• What to do about prescription drug costs.
• Maryland Reporter: State Roundup July 2
• Maryland Reporter: State Roundup July 1
• New Maryland laws include police force for Johns Hopkins, procedures for student athletes
• New Maryland laws: Prescription drug board, sex abuse in schools and more
• Oversight Board Aiming to Bring Down Prescription Cost
• New MD Laws On Beer, Tax Credits, Plastic Foam Ban Begin July 1
• Md. leaders hope drug board sets the bar for the nation
• These new laws in Maryland, DC and Virginia take effect July 1
• New State Law Aiming To Lower Prescription Drug Prices Takes Effect
• Prescription Drug Affordability Board Now Law In Md.
• Maryland’s Path to a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• Oversight Board Aiming to Bring Down Prescription Cost
• Md.’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board an example for America
• Nation’s first drug affordability board becomes law today
• Media Advisory: Maryland Officials to Mark Launch of Prescription Drug Affordability Board Law
• Prescription drug board, other laws, take effect in Maryland
• New laws take effect in Virginia, Maryland and the District
• Have your organization sign our Prescription Drug Affordability Resolution
• Paying Too Much for Prescription Drugs?
• Maryland Creates Prescription Drug Affordability Board for Setting Price Caps
• Hoyer, Brown Join Democratic Push to Strengthen Affordable Care Act
• Check a Box for Free Health Care
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Prescription Drug Affordability Board Legislation to Become Law
• Maryland to let residents complete health insurance enrollment on tax forms
• Maryland Becomes First State To Provide Health Insurance Enrollment On Tax Form
• Governor Hogan Signs Measures to Add Marylanders to Health Insurance Rolls, Raise Tobacco Age to 21
• Maryland adds health insurance enrollment to tax filing
• Maryland to use tax forms to enroll residents in health insurance
• Maryland Gov. Hogan signs bill to use tax return data to guide residents into health insurance
• Governor Signs Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program Bill
• Health Insurance, School Construction Focal Points of Annual Md. Bill-Signing
• Daily on Healthcare: Democrats again put the spotlight on Republicans for Obamacare attacks
• Maryland makes more progress on Obamacare rates — but there’s more to do
• Maryland Gov Signs 1st-In-Nation Measure to Help Uninsured
• Maryland’s Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program: An Innovative Approach to Covering the Eligible Uninsured
• Press Release: Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program Will Help Thousands Obtain Coverage
• Hogan to Sign Bills That Expand Health Care, Increase Age to Buy Tobacco
• Media Advisory: Today Governor Hogan will sign the Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program into law
• Advocates for Rx Affordability Attempt to Nudge Hogan With Poll
• Media Release: Regional Hospitals Commit to Working with Faith Leaders to Improve Health and Reduce Health Disparities
• Maryland Takes Step Toward Capping Drug Prices
• If the states don’t treat pharma as a utility, it may be ‘lights out’ for too many patients
• Gov. Hogan has opportunity to improve health care in Md.
• Vincent DeMarco: Two major steps for Md. health care
• 6 key takeaways from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s New Hampshire event — a ‘must’ stop for presidential hopefuls
• Vincent DeMarco Discusses Health Legislation with Prince George’s Community TV
• Maryland Passes Nation’s First Prescription Drug Affordability Board Legislation
• Maryland legislature passes laws to make health insurance enrollment easier and create drug price board
• Maryland Leads With Health Care Initiatives
• Pharma lobbyists flooded Maryland to block a drug-pricing bill. Opponents pushed back — and won
• Advocates Welcome Prescription Drug Board
• Urge Governor Hogan to Sign HB 768, the Prescription Drug Affordability Board Bill!
• Media Advisory
• Media Statement: Speaker Busch
• Clock ticking on lower prescription drug prices
• Capping Prescription Payouts
• A Pill the Senate Needs to Swallow
• Creation of Prescription Affordability Board Up to Md. Senate
• House Committee Approves Legislation to Create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• Addressing the cost of prescription drugs in Maryland
• Prescription Drug Affordability Board Initiative
• Md. House Approves Creation of Prescription Affordability Board
• Prescription Drug Price Cap Bill Gets Approval From Maryland House
• Maryland House passes prescription drug affordability bill
• Prescription Drug Affordability Board advances in Maryland House
• It’s Maryland’s chance to lead on drug prices
• House Measure Would Allow Board to Investigate High-Priced Drugs
• Maryland House of Delegates OKs bill to create a prescription drug price board for government employees
• Media Advisory
• Prescription Drug Affordability Board advances in House
• House dems fight off GOP amendments on Rx bill
• Big Push Underway To Get Prescription Drug Board Legislation Passed
• Maryland could soon have a prescription drug affordability board
• Legislation could bring prescription drug affordability board to Maryland
• WBFF Fox 45: Making Rx more affordable in MD
• Maryland Panel to Curb Prescription Drug Prices
• Urge your legislators to support HB 768, the Prescription Drug Affordability Board bill!
• Media Release
• House panel drastically scales back Rx Bill
• Acting Health Commissioner, Dr. Dzirasa, Issues Statement on Maryland Senate Bill 759 to Establish Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• Lawmakers Express Support For Prescription Drug Board
• Two Maryland bills are the state’s latest attempt to rein in drug prices
• Bill would create prescription drug affordability board
• Pugh, County Execs Take to the Airwaves to Promote Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• Media Advisory
• Here’s a way Maryland can stabilize Obamacare, despite federal sabotage
• Two Maryland bills are the state’s latest attempt to rein in drug prices
• Md. health insurance ‘down payment’ improvement over ACA mandate
• Faith Leaders Urge Creating Board to Review Drug Costs
• Md. Board Proposes to Slash Prescription Drug Prices
• New legislation aimed at lowering costs of prescription medicine
• Supporters of prescription drug board to outline bill in Md.
• Media Advisory
• State lawmakers consider using a penalty to coax more Marylanders into buying health insurance
• Health groups back health insurance down payment insurance plan in MD
• Health groups back downpayment insurance in Maryland
• Maryland’s health care for all proposal
• Md. Lawmakers Pitch Health-Insurance Down Payment Plan
• Health care advocates propose bill to create health insurance down payment
• State lawmakers consider using a penalty to coax more Marylanders into buying health insurance
• Health groups back down-payment insurance plan in Maryland
• Health groups back down payment insurance plan in Maryland
• Media Advisory: Advocates win major support for Health Insurance Downpayment Legislation
• Maryland’s Healthcare for All Proposal
• Health Groups Support Measure, Would Mandate Individual Health Insurance
• While touting impact of Md. alcohol, tobacco taxes, advocates defer on increases
• Urge Your Legislators To Support SB 759/HB 768 and SB 802/ HB 814
• Ask Your Legislators to Cosponsor the Health Insurance Down Payment Plan!
• To Control Drug Prices, States May Have to Face Off Against Feds
• Frosh presses states’ rights in drug-pricing appeal
• Advocates Want Drug Board to Control Prescription Costs
• Glassman: Regulating drug prices is pro-business
• 2019 Prescription Drug Affordability Initiative
• Maryland Could Become First State To Cap Prescription Drug Costs
• Md. needs a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• Come to Advocacy Day!
• The Importance of Affordable Health Care
• Supreme Court must right wrong striking down Md.’s drug price-gouging statute
• Poll Shows Strong Support for Rx Drug Measure, Health Care Mandate, Clean Energy
• Video addresses alcohol, tobacco tax success
• County executives push for prescription drug board
• Sports Betting, Schools, Roads: What To Expect From Maryland’s 2019 General Assembly Session
• Health Care, Education, Big Issues for Maryland Lawmakers
• General Assembly 2019: What needs to happen this year and what can wait
• The Latest on the start of Maryland’s legislative session
• Maryland County Executives Back Drug Affordability Board
• 2019 General Assembly Preview:
• Maryland Lawmakers Push Affordable Prescription Drug Bill
• Pro: Making sure health insurance is affordable for everyone
• Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski spoke with Governor Hogan about upcoming issues
• County Executive Gardner One of Several Local Officials Supporting Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• Supreme Court must right wrong striking down Md.’s drug price-gouging statute
• Local Maryland Officials To Support Prescription Drug Board
• County executives endorse legislation to regulate prescription drug costs
• State officials to support effort to control rising costs of prescription drugs
• Minimum wage, health care, top issues in 2019 legislature
• Md. county executives back drug affordability measure
• Howard County Executive Ball advocates bill to create state prescription drug panel
• Maryland Officials to Support Prescription Drug Board
• Local Maryland officials to support prescription drug board
• Video of Press Event: Local Leaders Endorse Prescription Drug Affordability Board Legislation
• Bipartisan Group of Local Officials Backing Prescription Drug Plan
• Media Advisory: Local Leaders Endorse Prescription Drug Affordability Board Legislation
• ACA mandate gone, but a few states still require coverage
• Women, blacks, veterans: Maryland caucus leaders set goals for Maryland’s 2019 General Assembly session
• Michael A. Pretl, personal injury attorney and health advocate, dies
• Lawyer, Activist Mike Pretl Dies
• 3 state legislative battles to watch in 2019
• Maryland cigarette and alcohol taxes were the right move for public health
• Here’s what health care advocacy orgs are targeting in the 2019 session
• New Ad Touts Public Health Success of Tobacco, Alcohol Taxes
• New Video Demonstrates Success of Alcohol and Tobacco Taxes to Address Public Health Issues and Save Lives
• The ruling striking down Obamacare probably won’t stand, but Maryland shouldn’t take any chances
• Black Caucus Makes Prescription Drug Bill a Top Priority for 2019
• Md. Officials Vow to Fight for Affordable Care Act
• What does Texas ruling mean for Obamacare in Maryland?
• Statement: The Affordable Care Act Is Still Law of the Land Despite Texas v. Azar Decision to Strike It Down
• Md. lawmakers to weigh mandate, drug prices in 2019
• Maryland is moving toward cheaper drugs
• State legislators call for health insurance down payment plan
• Legislators to try for Maryland insurance mandate again next year
• Signing up for healthcare
• Health Insurance Down Payment Plan: How to make healthcare more affordable for everyone
• Lawmakers redouble efforts to push health insurance down payment
• Lawmakers seek to create state mandate to push more Marylanders into health insurance
• Statement: Prescription Drug Affordability Successes in Yesterday’s Election
• LTE: Mathias’ support for prescription cost initiative praised
• LTE: Issue of drug costs a factor in ‘Fight for Five’ Maryland Senate races
• State Lawmakers Will Retool Rx Drug Rate-Setting Commission Bills
• Drug pricing goes local: State lawmakers around the country are pledging to take on pharma, too
• Statement: Open Enrollment Begins November 1—Get Covered!
• Letter to the Editor: The medications don’t work if my patients can’t afford them.
• Coalition Announces Senator Kathy Klausmeier as New Lead Senate Sponsor of Prescription Drug Affordability Board Bill
• Health advocacy group sends supportive mailers in key senate races
• Statement: Health Advocates Announce Mailers Touting Senators’ Support For Prescription Drug Affordability Initiatives
• Frosh takes Maryland’s drug price-gouging statute to the U.S. Supreme Court
• LTE: Maryland deserves nothing less
• Attorney General Frosh appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Maryland’s law curbing drug price-gouging
• Maryland attorney general asks Supreme Court to uphold generic price gouging law
• Frosh takes generic drug price-gouging appeal to Supreme Court
• Statement: Maryland Attorney General to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of Maryland’s anti-drug price-gouging law
• Op-Ed: Make America healthy again
• How badly at risk is Maryland if the Trump administration kills the ACA? It depends on whom you ask.
• Getting on Board
• Know Before You Vote
• 130 General Assembly Candidates Support Prescription Drug Affordability Board
• LTE: Drug Affordability
• Jealous Unveils Prescription Drug Plan; Frosh Vows to Defend State Law in Supreme Court
• Ben Jealous releases plan aimed at curbing prescription drug costs
• Marylanders in Obamacare individual market poised to see rate drop thanks to reinsurance
• Media Advisory
• Media Advisory
• U.S. approves waiver allowing Maryland to lower Obamacare premium costs
• Letter to the Editor: Alcohol taxes have saved lives, too
• States Rush to Rein In Prescription Costs, and Drug Companies Fight Back
• Video: Prescription Drug Affordability Event
• Letter to the Editor: Steps must be taken to stabilize Md.’s ACA health insurance market
• Join us to talk about Prescription Drug Affordability in Maryland!
• Letter to the editor: Achieving affordable health care for Marylanders
• The Trump administration finds yet another way to attack Obamacare
• Consumers call for additional Md. laws aimed at stabilizing ACA health insurance market
• CTV News: Advocacy Group Is Not Giving Up the Fight to Lower Drug Costs
• Federal appeals court deals another setback to Maryland drug price-gouging law
• Statement on Ruling by US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Anti-Price Gouging Law
• Maryland to help retirees pay out-of-pocket Medicare drug costs after coverage change
• Media Advisory: Maryland state lawmakers to host series of telephone town halls
• Lowering Maryland Health Insurance Cost
• Politics and prescription drugs for Maryland government retirees
• Doctor: high drug pricing kills patients
• “Maryland Healthcare For All” Event
• Democrats running for Maryland governor pledging to support a state individual mandate for health care
• Health Insurance Down Payment plan should be the next top priority in Md.
• What would happen if Maryland’s ACA marketplace collapsed and what we can do about it
• RSVP for Prescription Drug Affordability Event
• Media Advisory
• Health care advocates praise new ‘gag rule’ prohibition, push for national effort
• Four public hearings announced for state reinsurance proposal
• Frederick County Health Department to co-host forum on Medicaid
• For Immediate Release
• Fourth Circuit appeals court strikes down Maryland’s drug price-gouging law
• 4th Circuit strikes down Md.’s generic drug price-gouging law
• A Maryland law to prevent ‘unconscionable’ price hikes on old drugs has been struck down
• Maryland law against price-gouging by drug companies is unconstitutional, appeals court rules
• Maryland’s year of health care
• Experts say Md.’s new reinsurance initiative a short-term fix
• Maryland lawmakers set to do what Congress can’t: protect Obamacare with tax on insurers
• We need your help! Contact your legislators today!
• Media Advisory
• Maryland’s ingenious plan to fix Obamacare
• The sleeper issue in 2018: Obamacare
• Marylanders Speak Out In New Radio Ads For Prescription Drug Affordability Board Legislation
• Maryland, D.C. consider measures to stabilize state health exchanges
• FACED WITH POTENTIAL INSURANCE CRISIS, MARYLAND WEIGHS NEW COVERAGE MANDATE
• Here’s why Maryland needs a Basic Health Plan
• Maryland ponders ways to stabilize health insurance markets
• General Assembly weighs bill to require Marylanders to buy health insurance
• Maryland bill would impose individual health insurance mandates
• Md. Senate committee considers complicated health care changes
• Trump’s latest effort to undermine the ACA makes Maryland action all the more crucial
• Trump wants taxpayers to spend more on health care for less coverage
• Maryland weighs new approach to curbing prescription drug costs
• Md. Lawmakers Push Bill To Regulate Prescription Drugs Prices
• Citizens Group Pushing For Bill to Control Prescription Drug Costs
• Attorney General Brian Frosh endorses Rx Cost Commission
• Federal Appeals Court Hears AAM’s Challenge Of Maryland Price Gouging Law
• State Legislatures Start Out Strong in 2018 with Bills to Curb Rx Drug Costs
• Have you heard?
• Secretary of aging touts Communities for Life program to enhance aging in place
• Down payment option proposed to replace individual mandate
• Media Advisory
• Van Hollen Statement on New Health Care Proposal in Maryland
• Maryland’s plan to save Obamacare from individual mandate repeal
• Advocates push new state-level insurance mandate
• With Obama’s federal mandate disappearing, Md. Democrats push ‘down payment’ plan
• Maryland state lawmakers propose replacement for repealed ObamaCare mandate
• Maryland lawmakers introduce replacement for Obamacare individual mandate
• Maryland is already coming up with creative solutions for the Republican tax bill
• Maryland state lawmakers propose replacement for repealed ObamaCare mandate
• Maryland Health Care For All! Coalition Announces Health Insurance Down Payment Proposal To Protect And Improve The Affordable Care Act in Maryland
• Maryland to fight pharmacist ‘gag rule’ on drug costs
• Maryland legislation targets pharmacist ‘gag rule’ in PBM contracts: 4 things to know
• Before Annapolis Summit, 3 more podcast episodes
• Maryland fights prescription drug price-gouging; reader’s letter
• Public Forum on Medicaid in Maryland
• Poll: Prescription drug pricing legislation has support in Md. swing districts
• Howard L. Sollins: Md. hospitals’ community-based strategies
• Enrollment in Obamacare in Maryland holds steady this year
• Marylanders Scrutinize Federal Tax Plan After it Passes Congress
• Open enrollment in Obamacare in Maryland ends today
• Poll: prescription drug pricing legislation has support in Md. swing districts
• Open enrollment in Obamacare in Maryland ends today
• Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen Endorses Prescription Drug Affordability Initiative
• How blue states might save Obamacare’s markets
• Maryland’s deadline to enroll in ACA health coverage nears
• Maryland health exchange extends deadline to enroll in Obamacare
• INDIVIDUAL HEALTHCARE MANDATE BEING CONSIDERED IN MARYLAND
• AARP Files Friend of the Court Brief in AAM v. Frosh in Support of Maryland’s Anti-Drug-Price-Gouging Law
• Maryland lawmakers consider state replacements for insurance mandate
• Maryland’s deadline to enroll in ACA health coverage nears
• Officials Remind Marylanders About Health Care Open Enrollment Deadline
• Maryland officials to discuss signing up for health care
• Media Advisory
• Proposal hopes to cut costs for brand name drugs
• How Hogan can save Obamacare in Maryland
• Van Hollen, Ruppersberger join citizens to discuss healthcare
• Advocacy Group to Take Aim at Prescription Drug Prices in MD
• Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative to Release New Public Polling Showing Marylanders Very Strongly Support Measures to Improve Prescription Drug Price Affordability
• Maryland Group To Release Plans To Improve Prescription Drug Prices
• Bill Target Drug Pricing
• Maryland Group to Outline more Plans to Improve Drug Prices
• Health Care Advocacy Group Shifts Focus to Name-Brand Drugs
• Drug price gouging? It’s personal
• Maryland officials tout new generic drug price-gouging law
• Share your story about prescription drug price gouging
• Frosh is looking for victims of drug price gouging to share their stories
• Frosh, county officials ask consumers for price gouging stories
• Media event: Attorney General, Local Leaders and Health Care Advocates Highlight New Prescription Drug Price Gouging Law
• Media event: Attorney General, Local Leaders and Health Care Advocates Highlight New Prescription Drug Price Gouging Law
• Church groups enlisted in end-of-life medical planning initiative
• Pharma balked when Maryland tried to regulate prescription drug costs; now they have to contend with California
• Maryland’s Attorney General plans to sue Trump admin over health care order
• Judge: Maryland can act against drug price-gouging, for now
• Judge: Maryland Can Act Against Drug Price-Gouging, for Now
• Judge refuses to block Maryland price-gouging law
• Maryland ‘price gouging’ drug law set to take effect Sunday
• Judge allows drug ‘price gouging’ law to go into effect in Maryland
• Absent federal action, states take the lead on curbing drug costs
• Judge clears way for Maryland drug price-gouging law
• Judge: Maryland can act against drug price-gouging, for now
• Raskin warns the next stop for Cassidy-Graham bill could be the House
• Public Forums for Medicaid
• Drug industry on tenterhooks as Maryland price-gouging law nears
• Don’t let pharma take down a new Maryland price gouging law
• Maryland’s Eastern Shore, a GOP stronghold, home to thousands who now have insurance thanks to Obamacare
• Maryland panel to monitor health-care overhaul efforts meets for first time
• On health care, state lawmakers grapple with uncertainty
• Panel hears of Obamacare successes, perils in Maryland
• Repealing Obamacare is dead. What’s next for Marylanders?
• Maryland health care advocates celebrate after repeal bill fails
• Maryland advocacy group celebrates “Obamacare’s” continuing victory over “Trumpcare”
• Media event: The Affordable Care Act is Here to Stay
• Senate Swats Down GOP Health Care Bill Hours After Opening Debate
• Raising Alcohol Taxes Can Curtail Assaults and Suicides
• Statement of Vincent DeMarco, President of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative on the apparent failure of the attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act
• ‘I’m scared to death’: Advocates, recipients fear for Medicaid’s future in Maryland
• Ending price gouging is the correct prescription
• Fighting for fair drug prices
• Maryland Sued Over New Pharmaceutical Price Gauging Law
• Drug groups sue Maryland over Rx ‘price gouging’ law
• Drug trade group sues Maryland over first-in-the-nation price-gouging law
• Thank you for joining the call with Senator Van Hollen!
• How the drug industry blew it in MD
• Costs too great in Senate healthcare bill
• Landmark Law Fighting High Cost Of Prescription Drugs
• Before price gouging law takes effect, advocates hunt for evidence to enforce it
• Hogan lets drug price-gouging bill, dozens others become law without signature
• Hogan vetoes bill to ‘ban the box’ on college applications
• Hogan allows drug price-gouging bill to become law
• As States Wage Battles on High Drug Prices, Drugmakers Fight Back
• At Baltimore town hall, defending Medicaid
• Do the Opposite
• House passes health care bill, setting up harder fight in Senate
• RSVP for Medicaid Townhall
• What is Hogan waiting for?
• Winners and Losers of the General Assembly Session
• Maryland on-track to give attorney general power to sue for drug price-gouging
• “Unconscionable” drug price spikes could soon be stopped in one state
• Maryland Lawmakers Approve Bill To Fight Drug Price-Gouging
• Maryland lawmakers send bill on drug price gouging to Hogan
• Lawmakers approve drug “price gouging” bill
• Md. lawmakers pass prescription drug price gouging bill
• With end of session flurry, lawmakers send almost 950 bills to Governor’s desk
• Bill would allow AG to pursue drug companies for price gouging
• Bills Head To Governor’s Desk, Following General Assembly Session
• Generic drug price gouging could be penalized in bill sent to Hogan
• Home USA Maryland Passes Bill Aimed at Stopping Drug “Price Gouging” Maryland Passes Bill Aimed at Stopping Drug “Price Gouging”
• Maryland general assembly sends drug price gouging bill to gov.’s desk
• Maryland lawmakers pass a bill aimed at stopping ‘unconscionable’ drug pricing
• A step to stop price gouging
• Lawmakers approve drug “price gouging” bill
• Maryland General Assembly pushes hundreds of bills to passage on final day
• Maryland General Assembly passes bill aimed at drug ‘price gouging’
• Maryland Lawmakers Pass Generic Drug Price Gouging Bill
• A step to stop price gouging
• Maryland lawmakers send bill on drug price gouging to Hogan
• Maryland lawmakers OK measure to fight drug price gouging
• Maryland Lawmakers’ Final Efforts Before 90-Day Session Ends
• Generic drug price gouging could be penalized in bill sent to Hogan
• Senate vote expected today on Prescription Drug Bill
• Call on Governor Hogan to sign the prescription drug price gouging bill
• Hike on State Liquor Sales Tax May Be Helping Prevent DUI Accidents
• Study: Maryland alcohol sales tax increase leads to decline in drunk driving crashes
• Study: Md.’s alcohol tax increase led to drop in drunken driving accidents
• Maryland alcohol tax increase linked to drop in drunk driving crashes
• Stop drug price gouging
• Overhaul of health law faces criticism from both sides in Maryland
• Bill would prepare Md. for changes to the ACA
• Md. advocates back panel to monitor health care changes
• Maryland Legislature addresses prescription drug cost
• Md. health officials call for drug affordability legislation
• Health care advocates make pitch for bills to block drug price hikes
• Lawmakers target escalating drug prices
• MD legislation would rein in prescription drug costs
• MD Legislative Black Caucus supports Prescription Drug Affordability Initiative
• Maryland Lawmakers Push to Rein in Drug Prices
• Push for Bill to Make Prescription Drugs More Affordable
• Health Advocates to Announce Prescription Drug Initiatives
• New Initiative Hopes To Better Control Rising Prescription Costs
• Media Advisory
• MD continues to lead on health policy
• Give Thanks! Giving Tuesday
• Fed up with high drug prices?
• Advocates suggest ways to cut health insurance costs
• Maryland Medicaid Turns 50!
• MD CARE Act helps caregivers and patients
• MD health group attacks high costs of prescription drugs
• Coping with the skyrocketing costs of EpiPens
• Advocacy group pushes for transparency
• Proposals would address skyrocketing prescription drug prices
• Health care advocates push MD to address prescription drug prices
• Maryland health group highlighting drug affordability needs
• Media Advisory: New Poll Shows MDers Very Strongly Support Measures to improve Prescription Drug Affordability
• 2016 Forums about Maryland’s New Health Care System
• Editorial: Faith, health care partnership makes sense
• MD sets healthcare example
• Interfaith Health Network Serves Baltimore Communities
• Legislative Session Wrap-up
• Thank you!
• Maryland Faith Community Health Network brings patients, faith together
• Religious institutions enlisted to help keep fellow worshipers healthy
• LifeBridge hospitals partner with faith leaders to improve patient health
• Maryland Faith Community Health Network Training
• Media Advisory
• Hearing Scheduled in Annapolis
• Rescheduled: Public Health Night in Annapolis
• Health enrollment up 60 percent as deadline nears
• Media Advisory: Super Health Sunday
• Sen. Rich Madaleno earns our MLK Courageous Leadership Award
• Liquor taxes and sexually transmitted infections
• An Increase in Alcohol Tax Appears to Have Decreased Gonorrhea Rates in Maryland by 24 Percent
• Study ties MD alcohol tax increase to decline in gonorrhea cases
• Report: MD alcohol tax linked to gonorrhea decline
• Report says alcohol tax hike caused drop in sex disease rates
• Read the latest report on the impact of our work!
• Media Advisory
• Budget switch for Maryland hospitals is starting to pay off
• Media Advisory: Maryland achieves huge decline in number of uninsured children
• Maryland Shows Big Reductions in Uninsured Children
• Health exchange looks to enroll 150,000 in private plans in 2016
• Number of uninsured in Maryland, nation declines
• Just Released: US Census Data Shows Positive Impact of Affordable Care Act Across The Country
• Find the best hospital for your needs
• Guest blog post: Maryland Medicaid Redeterminations
• Medicaid turns 50 mired in controversy
• Medicaid at 50: Healthcare for the most vulnerable
• Partnerships improve healthcare in Maryland
• Ruling has little effect on MD, but helps uninsured in PA, WV
• Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies
• Maryland Reacts to Supreme Court upholding Affordable Care Act subsidies
• Republican governors are backing tobacco taxes; how about Hogan?
• Western Maryland health officials discuss obamacare, now 5 years old
• Maryland legislature considered many tax increases
• Hogan must fund healthcare
• Letter to the Editor, Baltimore Sun
• Maryland Senate passes 2016 budget
• MedChi and Health Care for All Applaud Governor Hogan For Strong Support of CHIP
• City’s top health official advocates for cigarette tax hike
• Marylanders Strongly Support Life-Saving Tobacco Tax Increase To Restore Health Care for Pregnant Women
• Dollar-a-pack cigarette tax hike proposed, despite Hogan pledge
• MD health advocates push increase in tobacco tax
• MD health exchange a home run for consumers
• Orioles’ Adam Jones backs efforts to enroll Marylanders in health insurance
• Baltimore Orioles Adam Jones teaming up with local leaders for health care
• Adam Jones premiers health exchange radio ad
• Adam Jones part of new campaign to push health insurance
• Baltimore Oriole stumps for health care
• Media Advisory
• Look who endorsed our Healthy Maryland Initiative 2015
• 2015 Public Forums on Health System Changes
• Don’t cut this tax
• MD’s cigarette tax is saving lives
• Facing deadline, health exchange enrolls more than 100,000 Signing up for health insurance
• Keys Player Records Radio Spot To Urge Marylanders To Sign Up For Health Coverage
• Keys to pitch ad for health coverage
• New radio campaign launches for health exchange
• Local Baseball Player to be in ad for health care
• Why not give yourself the gift of quality, affordable health care?
• Media Advisory
• Curious about how much health insurance might cost you?
• Open Enrollment is here and working!
• Federal health officials lower expectations for exchanges
• Thank you to all who attended our outreach summits!
• Taxes with benefits in Maryland
• Great Primary Day for Healthy Maryland Initiative
• Look who endorsed our Healthy Maryland Initiative
• 200 General Assembly candidates support cigarette tax hike, advocates say
• Healthy Maryland Initiative on the Larry Young Radio Show TODAY
• Media Advisory: Affordable Care Act successes share their stories
• Maryland should build on the success of its health-care exchange
• Great op-ed in the Washington Post
• Candidates hit up for tobacco tax pledge
• Coalition plans to pose question to Md. candidates: Is it time to raise the tobacco tax?
• Advocates urge increase of Maryland’s Tobacco Tax
• Health groups urge $1 tax increase per pack of cigarettes
• General Assembly candidates asked to state position on cigarette tax hike
• Healthcare advocates push for cigarette tax hike
• Two days after session ends, a push for higher tobacco taxes
• Great news coverage thanks to Ravens Superstar Lardarius Webb and 211!
• The importance of signing up
• Ravens Superstar Lardarius Webb Joins Health Advocates To Urge Marylanders To Dial 2-1-1
• Poll shows Marylanders, Lower Shore residents support new cigarette tax
• Hearings in Annapolis
• Monday viewpoints: Why the fuss over “the waiver?”
• Maryland experiments with capping hospital spending
• Work-arounds are used to get consumers health care
• Dial 2-1-1 to find local health insurance options– Now THAT’S a good call!
• Advocates’ stance: Higher taxes, less smoking
• A penny earned: The SIM process
• Expanded Medicaid to improve care for 81,000 Marylanders
• More letters going to MD small businesses about tax credits
• Have questions about health reform?
• Maryland regulators slash rates for Obamacare insurance policies
• Comptroller notes tax credit with health care reform
• Franchot’s health care tax credits well-received by small businesses
• Officials promote health insurance tax credits to small businesses
• MD Comptroller urges small businesses to use Affordable Care Act tax credits
• Obamacare is working in Maryland
• Franchot promotes federal health insurance tax credits for small businesses
• Franchot notes tax credit with health care reform
• MD official urges businesses to take part in program for tax credits in health care reform
• Franchot: Health insurance tax credits are available now for small businesses
• “Obamacare” Provision Delay Gives Businesses Extra Year to Plan
• Obama Delays Health Care Law Provision for Businesses
• Introducing Healthy Howard: a Connector Entity
• Can I get an Amen? Successful strategies for organizing faith leaders
• Health reform outreach begins in Maryland and across the country
• Faith leaders summit on health reform: A success!
• Medicaid expansion good for Maryland
• Health Reform Summit for Faith Leaders
• Maryland Health Progress Act Passes Maryland House and Senate
• Maryland Takes the Lead on Health Reform
• Maryland will vigorously enroll the uninsured, starting October
• Legislature should support Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013
• Great hearings and great press!
• Media Roundtable on the Affordable Care Act
• Help us spread the good news!
• Free workshop on the Affordable Care Act
• See you in Annapolis!
• MD Advocates should now focus on health care
• Taxing cigarettes saves lives
• MD mulls even higher tax rates on cigarettes
• Strong support but gaps in knowledge about new health care law
• Survey finds Howard County voters favor health care reform act
• Marylanders strongly support Affordable Care Act, poll shows
• State Round-up, November 20, 2012
• Maryland voters supportive of health reform, survey finds
• Survey: Maryland Voters Know Little About Federal Health Law
• Marylanders standing to benefit from health reform law know least about it, survey says
• Tax the smokers again
• Lobbyists hope tax will curb smoking in teens
• Health coalition to call for $1 tobacco tax hike
• Maryland health group tries again for $1 tax hike on cigarettes
• Health coalition to call for $1 increase in Maryland’s tobacco tax
• Another tax increase proposed for Maryland cigarettes
• MD Health group proposes another cigarette tax hike
• Maryland might see $1 increase in cigarette tax
• $1 Tobacco tax hike proposed in Maryland
• Cigarette tax hike called for in Maryland
• Health advocates want to increase cigarette tax
• Coalition starts campaign on increasing state’s tobacco tax
• Health group proposes another $1 cigarette tax hike
• Media Advisory
• Radio ad launched to celebrate affirmation of Affordable Care Act
• Maryland remains ahead in implementing health care reforms
• Health advocates celebrate higher tobacco prices
• Officials: Tobacco tax helps keep kids smokeless
• Tax Increase On Cheaper Tobacco Products Aims To Reduce Number Of Teen Users
• Price of little cigars more costly because of tax
• Tax-hike on chewing tobacco, cheap cigars expected to reduce use
• Group to release study on tobacco tax increase
• Public Health Groups, Students Celebrate Increase in Cigar and Smokeless Tobacco Prices
• Health care reforms must continue
• If GOP repeals ‘Obamacare’ what happens to patients in Maryland?
• Cigarette taxes saved my kids’ lives
• Support is growing…
• Maryland wins big grant for its insurance marketplace
• Health Reform and Healthy Businesses Event
• Ready, or Not, for Obamacare
• Tax will help deter kids from all forms of tobacco
• Health Enterprise Zones
• Maryland outlines $14M in alcohol tax revenue for health programs
• Alcohol tax funds boost long-term care services in Maryland
• Health advocates cheer use of Md. alcohol tax
• Video: Health Care Stakeholders
• Obamacare isn’t end of the world
• New Fiscal Year Means Tax Hikes In Maryland
• Maryland law changes, tax hikes take effect
• See Video: Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Mandate
• O’Malley says Supreme Court’s ruling on health care gives Maryland considerable momentum
• Officials react to Supreme Court decision on health care
• With health care act a go, Maryland expects phones to ring
• Reaction to Supreme Court decision on health care includes victory dances and calls for repeal
• Supreme Court Ruling on the Marc Steiner Show
• Statement on Tomorrow’s House of Representatives Vote to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
• Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: What does it mean for Maryland?
• Maryland poised for next phase of health reform
• O’Malley praises court ruling on health care ­
• SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE ACA: SECURES ACCESS TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL MARYLANDERS
• GREAT PUBLIC HEALTH VICTORIES MARK THE 2012 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSIONS
• Statement on 2012 Health Care Exchange Legislation
• Baltimore leaders, clergy push for budget fix
• Faith Leaders Want Budget Cuts Restored
• Religious leaders trying to prevent ‘doomsday’ in Maryland
• Top Maryland Faith Leaders Call For Restoring Doomsday Cuts
• Health care reform: good for business
• Momentum for tobacco tax increase builds
• Health exchanges will benefit Maryland families
• Coalition calls MD’s alcohol tax a success
• Md. health advocates cheer allocation of proceeds from alcohol tax increase
• Alcohol tax money directed to health programs
• Proposal to raise MD cigar tax attacked: Denounced as a business burden
• The ‘other’ tobacco tax
• The Baltimore Sun’s 2012 legislative agenda: Cigar tax
• Maryland kids win with CHIPRA performance bonus
• Letter to the editor: Cigar tax increase would reduce teen use
• Group pushing tobacco tax says it’s a popular idea
• Group will push for increased levy on cigars, other tobacco products
• Bid afoot in Maryland to raise tax on cigars and more
• Advocates use special session to get in lawmakers’ ears
• MD Health Group Pushes for Tobacco Tax Increase
• Coalition to push for $1 a pack increase
• Another hike In MD tobacco tax likely
• Campaign starts for another $1-a-pack tax hike on cigarettes
• Push on to raise Maryland cigarette tax to $3 a pack
• One Maryland group wants to add another dollar to the state cigarette tax
• A new tobacco tax?
• Group working for new Maryland tobacco tax
• Health advocates seek increase in tobacco tax
• Small businesses urged to use tax credits for health care
• NEW! Healthcare Affordability Proposal
• First month of alcohol tax raises $6M
• Higher alcohol tax in Maryland: Where will the money go?
• Health care tax credits available for small businesses, nonprofits in Frederick County
• Tax credit aims to save businesses thousands
• Tobacco, alcohol tax hikes good for Maryland
• MD could serve as alcohol tax hike role model
• General Assembly passes tax hike in final hours
• Celebrating the passage of alcohol tax
• In MD legislature, liquor tax passes…
• Md. Assembly approves alcohol tax increase, school funding
• General Assembly Session Ends
• Proposal to raise sales tax on alcohol among most contentious on Md. Legislature’s final day
• Md. House gives initial approval to raising alcohol tax from 6 to 9 percent in July
• House panel wants a 50 percent hike to alcohol taxes
• Alcohol tax hike passes Md. House committee
• Alcohol tax hurdles bar: House, Senate measures move ahead in Annapolis
• Maryland House panel holds hearing on alcohol tax hike
• Ways and Means hears alcohol tax plan
• Md. House panel holds hearing on alcohol tax hike
• Two Maryland state senators make last push to increase state’s alcohol tax
• Measure would boost levy by 3 cents over three years
• MD budget battle lines drawn
• Senate budget writers back tax increase on alcohol
• Statement by Vincent DeMarco President, Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative
• Alcohol tax increase advances to full Senate
• Celebrate!
• Md. unveils tax credit campaign for small businesses
• Health care tax credit campaign launched in Maryland
• ‘Dime-a-drink’ will save lives, not kill jobs
• Maryland considers “dime a drink” alcohol tax
• At midpoint, where Md. legislative session is headed remains wide open
• Dime-a-Drink alcohol tax gets local support
• Supporters continue push for MD alcohol tax
• The (occasional) virtues of nickel-and-diming
• Some support idea of increase in alcohol tax
• Alcohol tax advocates roll out supporters including wine store owner