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Baltimore Sun: Maryland caps Ozempic price for government insurers beginning in 2027

The move could save taxpayers between $113 and $165 million per year, regulators say Karl

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Baltimore Sun: Drug commercials cost Maryland money. Advocates want to change that

Baltimore SunMarch 12, 2026Ben Mause Excerpt:  Activists are urging Maryland lawmakers to

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Baltimore Sun: Amid rising costs

January 5, 2026Baltimore SunBen Mause Excerpt: With Maryland residents facing increased health

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Baltimore Sun: Maryland prescription drug cost study finds 2 diabetes medicines have ‘affordability challenges’

July 29, 2025Baltimore SunChevall Pryce Excerpt: “During Monday’s meeting, the board took a

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Maryland, nonprofit partner to expand access to affordable prescription drugs

Baltimore SunMarch 13, 2025Natalie Jones Excerpt: Legislation to expand the authority of the

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Recent media coverage

January 21, 2025, news conference on Prescription Drug Affordability Board legislation The Afro

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Luigi Mangione, the hero? The disturbing reaction to health care CEO’s killing

Baltimore SunDec 10, 2024Lorainne Mirabella Excerpt: “What to do if you are denied insurance

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Baltimore Sun: Maryland lawmakers OK plan to allow caps on high-cost prescription drugs

October 22, 2024Baltimore SunBrian Witte Excerpt: A panel of Maryland lawmakers approved a plan on

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Op-Ed: Prescription drug price caps have been life changing

August 27, 2024Baltimore SunLarry Zarzecki Excerpt: For more than a decade I have been learning how

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Baltimore Sun: Juvenile justice survives General Assembly ‘crossover day,’ fair share tax bill doesn’t

Baltimore SunMarch 19, 2024Sam Janesch and Hannah Gaskill Excerpt: Prescription drug

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With tight purse strings in Annapolis, health care advocates push for improved access to care, lower drug prices

Baltimore SunJanuary 2024Angela Roberts Excerpt: “In what is shaping up to be a financially

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Lawmakers: Maryland must expand reach of prescription drug board 

Baltimore SunOp-EdJanuary 12, 2024 Excerpt: “The (Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability)

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Lowering ‘hidden tax’ on Maryland health care

Baltimore Sun, Letter to the EditorVincent DeMarcoDecember 13, 2023 Excerpt: “Maryland’s

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Baltimore Sun: Drugs don’t work if patients can’t afford them | READER COMMENTARY

The Baltimore SunNovember 28, 2023Larry Lee Thomas Excerpt: I applaud the work of Maryland’s

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Baltimore Sun: Maryland advocacy group plans to pursue expansion of drug affordability next legislative session

September 18, 2023Baltimore SunAngela Roberts Excerpt: “I want to make it clear, to anyone

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Baltimore Sun: What to do if you are at risk of losing Medicaid eligibility READER COMMENTARY

July 24, 2023Baltimore SunLetter to the Editor Excerpt: “Suddenly losing health insurance is

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‘A long time coming’: Four years after its creation, Maryland drug affordability board drafts plan

Baltimore SunMay 20, 2023Angela Roberts Excerpt: “ “…Vincent DeMarco, head of the

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Bills aiming to improve health care equity, access advance in General Assembly

All five pieces of this year’s legislative agenda from the Maryland Health Care for All!

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Baltimore Sun: Advocates, Maryland lawmakers pitch Health Care for All 2023 legislative agenda

January 31, 2023Angela Roberts Excerpt: “With the 2023 Maryland legislative session about

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Baltimore Sun Op-Ed: A five-part agenda for Maryland’s legislature

Maryland has long been a leader in innovative health policies that have expanded access to care and