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Maryland Matters: Maryland is taking steps to lower prescription drug prices; Big Pharma isn’t happy about it (Op-Ed)

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Maryland Matters: Lawmakers OK upper payment limits for prescription drugs on state health plans

October 22, 2024Maryland MattersDanielle J. Brown Excerpt: “‘We’ve been waiting for

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Maryland Matters: Board OKs upper payment limit process to cap drug costs on state health plans

September 10, 2024Maryland MattersDanielle J. Brown Excerpt: “The board early this

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Law is helping people filing unemployment insurance claims get health care coverage

Maryland MattersMay 10, 2024Op-ed by Vincent DeMarco Excerpt: “The tragic collapse of the

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Maryland Matters: Md. health officials have applied for new federal ‘AHEAD model.’ Here’s what it means.

Maryland MattersMarch 20, 2024Danielle J. Brown Excerpt: “The goal is to overcome systemic

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Maryland Matters: A tidy crossover day produces progress and flashes of dissent

Maryland MattersMarch 19, 2024Josh Kurtz Excerpt: “The General Assembly will wait until 2025 to

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PhRMA representatives say it’s ‘not the time’ to expand Prescription Drug Affordability Board authority

Maryland MattersDanielle J. BrownFebruary 13, 2024 Excerpt: Vincent DeMarco, president of Maryland

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Report finds some drug manufacturers spend more on advertising, executives’ salaries than new research

Maryland MattersDanielle J. BrownJanuary 19, 2024 Excerpt: “The Number One argument that drug

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Commentary: Prescription drug cost limits will not impede industry’s investments for new treatments

Maryland MattersJane HorvathJanuary 23, 2024 Excerpt: The op-ed suggests that the Maryland

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Health, education among top priorities for Legislative Black Caucus

Maryland MattersWilliam J. FordJanuary 19, 2024 Excerpt: Jennifer White Holland (D-Baltimore

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Health care legislation preview: Maryland advocates want to focus on access, patients in 2024 session

Maryland MattersDanielle BrownJanuary 8, 2024 Excerpt: Vincent DeMarco, president of the coalition,

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Delegates evaluate estimated costs of providing health care coverage for undocumented residents

Maryland MattersDanielle J. BrownDecember 13, 2023 Excerpt: Furthering the conversation, Vincent

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Maryland Matters: Md. board hopes to identify first round of prescription drugs for price evaluations in 2024

Maryland MattersNovember 28, 2023Danielle Brown Excerpt: Meanwhile, the Maryland Health Care for

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Maryland Matters: Health care advocacy group wants prescription drug cost reduction efforts expanded to all Marylanders

September 19, 2023Maryland MattersDanielle Brown Excerpt: “Other speakers at the event were

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Biden Administration chooses first 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations

Maryland MattersAugust 29, 2023Ashley Murray and Danielle Brown Excerpt: Vincent DeMarco, President

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Maryland Matters: Inflation Reduction Act nears 1st anniversary; Van Hollen, state lawmakers highlight health and climate impacts

August 16, 2023Danielle Brown Excerpt: “Approaching the one-year anniversary of the Inflation

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Checking in on Medicaid Check-in: More than 34,000 people lost coverage in May while 76,000 kept it

Maryland MattersJune 12, 2023Danielle Brown Excerpt: “Vincent DeMarco, president of Maryland

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Public comments prompt drug affordability board to rework proposed rules

Maryland MattersMay 23, 2023Danielle J. Brown Excerpt: “Maryland’s Prescription Drug

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Maryland Matters: Many diabetic Marylanders now have a $30 insulin copay because of a new state law that went into effect on Jan. 1

Vincent DeMarco, president of the Maryland Health Care for All Coalition, is excited to see

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After slow start, prescription drug panel is poised to offer recommendations on prices

Maryland MattersBruce DePuytSeptember 12, 2022 Excerpt: ” Vincent DeMarco, head of Maryland