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Strong support but gaps in knowledge about new health care law

Support for the new federal health care law is solid in Maryland, but a survey released yesterday

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Maryland voters supportive of health reform, survey finds

Maryland voters are supportive of health care reform even though some still haven't grasped all the

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Survey: Maryland Voters Know Little About Federal Health Law

“We need to invest more in outreach,” said Vernick, whose organization is already working with

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Marylanders standing to benefit from health reform law know least about it, survey says

Those numbers suggest there is significant room for improvement in educating the public about the

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Lobbyists hope tax will curb smoking in teens

"And whether we bend beneath the cross, bow before the Star of David, kiss the black stone of Mecca

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Maryland health group tries again for $1 tax hike on cigarettes

The tax increase would build on previous increases to the tobacco tax and play an important role in

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Another tax increase proposed for Maryland cigarettes

"It's the kind of thing that the public supports, and it will do a lot of good," said Vincent

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Health advocates want to increase cigarette tax

The same group that successfully pushed to double the state's cigarette tax in 2007 wants the

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Coalition starts campaign on increasing state’s tobacco tax

...calling for the increase in the state’s tobacco tax by a dollar to reduce teen smoking and

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Health group proposes another $1 cigarette tax hike

“In 2007, the money that was raised help to fund a major health care expansion program for over a

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Media Advisory

On November 14, 2012 at 11am on Lawyers’ Mall in front of the State House in Annapolis,

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Radio ad launched to celebrate affirmation of Affordable Care Act

“By re-electing President Obama on November 6 the American people reaffirmed the Affordable Care

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Maryland remains ahead in implementing health care reforms

Maryland is better prepared than most states to implement the reforms, said Vincent DeMarco,

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Tax Increase On Cheaper Tobacco Products Aims To Reduce Number Of Teen Users

“Based on what’s happened in other states, we know this will reduce the use of this product by

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Tax-hike on chewing tobacco, cheap cigars expected to reduce use

“Those are the kind of increases that will have a dramatic impact,” said Vincent DeMarco,

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Health care reforms must continue

While Maryland leads the nation in implementing innovative policies to expand access to care, there

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Maryland wins big grant for its insurance marketplace

Maryland gets $123 million in federal money to build health insurance exchange Baltimore Sun

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Ready, or Not, for Obamacare

“We want to be the model,” says Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown

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Health advocates cheer use of Md. alcohol tax

"It worked out exactly as we wanted, that it's being used for these purposes through the regular

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New Fiscal Year Means Tax Hikes In Maryland

Taxes will jump from 15 percent of wholesale to 70 percent on "little cigars."