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WYPR: Baltimore sues Eli Lily and others for price gouging

WYPRMarch 20, 2024 Excerpt: “What the mayor is doing is saying we got to have some of that money

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Maryland Passes Nation’s First Prescription Drug Affordability Board Legislation

Maryland General Assembly passed legislation that which would create the first state Prescription

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Maryland legislature passes laws to make health insurance enrollment easier and create drug price board

Health coverage will be easier to secure for uninsured Marylanders and prescriptions could become

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Urge Governor Hogan to Sign HB 768, the Prescription Drug Affordability Board Bill!

Drugs don’t work if people can’t afford them. Please urge Governor Hogan to sign HB768 into

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Clock ticking on lower prescription drug prices

It’s time for the General Assembly to stand with the people — those across the state who simply

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House Overwhelmingly Approves Legislation to Create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board To

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Urge your legislators to support HB 768, the Prescription Drug Affordability Board bill!

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Bill would create prescription drug affordability board

WBAL-TV March 6, 2019 By David Collins ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Legislation designed to hold down the

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Pugh, County Execs Take to the Airwaves to Promote Prescription Drug Affordability Board

Maryland Matters By: Josh Kurtz March 6, 2019 As lawmakers and advocates begin their big push this

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Two Maryland bills are the state’s latest attempt to rein in drug prices

The Washington Post By Arelis R. Hernández March 5, 2019 Stahis Panagides walked into his local

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Come to Advocacy Day!

Register for Prescription Drug Affordability Advocacy Day! February 14th 8:30am-1pm in Annapolis.

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Supreme Court must right wrong striking down Md.’s drug price-gouging statute

The Supreme Court must restore the authority of Maryland and other states to address the health

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General Assembly 2019: What needs to happen this year and what can wait

Maryland had great success last year in shoring up its Affordable Care Act insurance exchange,

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Statement: Prescription Drug Affordability Successes in Yesterday’s Election

When the General Assembly convenes in January, there will be at least twenty-eight senators and

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LTE: Mathias’ support for prescription cost initiative praised

In the race for the Maryland Senate 38th District seat, one candidate stands out for his leadership

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LTE: Issue of drug costs a factor in ‘Fight for Five’ Maryland Senate races

The article about contested races for the Maryland Senate did not mention a key issue that is

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State Lawmakers Will Retool Rx Drug Rate-Setting Commission Bills

Inside Health Policy November 1, 2018 By: Rachel Cohrs State lawmakers in Maryland and Minnesota

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Drug pricing goes local: State lawmakers around the country are pledging to take on pharma, too

STAT News November 1, 2018 By: Lev Facher WASHINGTON — Frustrated by inaction from the federal

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Letter to the Editor: The medications don’t work if my patients can’t afford them.

As a family physician I write prescriptions every day for medications to help my patients stay

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Attorney General Frosh appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Maryland’s law curbing drug price-gouging

The Baltimore Sun By: Michael Dresser October 19, 2018 Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh on