Baltimore Sun
March 13, 2025
Natalie Jones
Excerpt:
Legislation to expand the authority of the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board to allow it to set upper payment limits on medications for state residents has passed both chambers of the General Assembly. The Senate version of the measure passed through the chamber Wednesday night.
“Too many people in our state struggle to pay for their essential medications, and we must do more to make drugs affordable for all,” Vincent DeMarco, president of the Maryland Health Care for All Coalition, said in a statement Thursday morning. “Maryland was a leader by establishing the first board of its kind in the nation. With final approval of this bill, we will again be a national leader in the fight to bring down drug costs.”
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