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Md. advocates back panel to monitor health care changes

The commission would monitor what Congress may do to affect health care coverage for Maryland

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Maryland Legislature addresses prescription drug cost

Maryland is now ground zero in the battle over curbing the cost of prescription medication, and the

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Md. health officials call for drug affordability legislation

About 300 generic drugs’ prices more than doubled from 2010 to 2015, according to a 2016 report

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Health care advocates make pitch for bills to block drug price hikes

The General Assembly is considering a pair of bills. One would require drug companies to give

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Lawmakers target escalating drug prices

Maryland House and Senate Democrats are moving to stamp out prescription drug price gouging and

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MD legislation would rein in prescription drug costs

Ensuring that life-saving and life-enhancing prescription drugs remain accessible and affordable is

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Maryland Lawmakers Push to Rein in Drug Prices

The pair of bills are backed by some top Democrats, the Legislative Black Caucus and an array of

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Push for Bill to Make Prescription Drugs More Affordable

The bill would require prescription drug companies to disclose how they come up with their prices;

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Health Advocates to Announce Prescription Drug Initiatives

Attorney General Brian Frosh and lawmakers sponsoring legislation are set to talk about the

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New Initiative Hopes To Better Control Rising Prescription Costs

Families struggling to pay for their prescription medication will have a champion in the Maryland

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Media Advisory

On Tuesday, January 10 at 10 a.m. on Lawyers' Mall in front of the State House in Annapolis, health

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MD continues to lead on health policy

Earlier this week, Maryland finalized and had an important plan approved with the federal

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Advocates suggest ways to cut health insurance costs

"We have to look at the cost drivers of health care," said Del. Susan W. Krebs, a Carroll County

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Maryland Medicaid Turns 50!

We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Maryland Medicaid program with the Maryland Department of

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MD CARE Act helps caregivers and patients

LifeBridge Health, for example, has started a pilot program, the Maryland Faith Health Network,

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MD health group attacks high costs of prescription drugs

With EpiPens and other prescription drugs rising in cost, families who desperately need them but do

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Coping with the skyrocketing costs of EpiPens

WJZ News CBS Devin Bartolotta September 22, 2016 There is renewed outrage over the astronomical

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Advocacy group pushes for transparency

Baltimore Sun Erin Cox September 8, 2016 A coalition of Maryland health care advocates want to

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Proposals would address skyrocketing prescription drug prices

The Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative wants to make drug companies disclose how they come up

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Health care advocates push MD to address prescription drug prices

“We think they are fair, reasonable proposals that can make prescription drugs more affordable.