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County Executive Gardner One of Several Local Officials Supporting Prescription Drug Affordability Board

It would establish fair and affordable drug prices for Marylanders.

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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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Local Maryland Officials To Support Prescription Drug Board

Leading local officials in Maryland’s largest counties are expected to support a proposal to

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County executives endorse legislation to regulate prescription drug costs

A large bipartisan group of county executives converged Thursday to support state legislation

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State officials to support effort to control rising costs of prescription drugs

"These drugs are way more expensive in our country than in other countries and it makes a lot of

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Minimum wage, health care, top issues in 2019 legislature

Legislators will debate a variety of health care issues, including high prescription drug costs and

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Md. county executives back drug affordability measure

All of Maryland’s county executives Thursday endorsed a proposal to rein in prescription drug

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Howard County Executive Ball advocates bill to create state prescription drug panel

“Prescription drug prices are hurting people across Howard County and we need to stand up and

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Maryland Officials to Support Prescription Drug Board

Leading local officials in Maryland's largest counties are expected to support a proposal to create

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Local Maryland officials to support prescription drug board

Leading local officials in Maryland’s largest counties are expected to support a proposal to

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Video of Press Event: Local Leaders Endorse Prescription Drug Affordability Board Legislation

Missed the event? Check out the recording of the live stream!

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Bipartisan Group of Local Officials Backing Prescription Drug Plan

A bipartisan coalition of local Maryland officials is getting behind another push to provide relief

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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