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Media Advisory: Senate Committee Hearing Wednesday on Bill to Make High Cost Drugs More Affordable

Legislation would broaden the authority of the Prescription Drug Affordability Board

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Prescription Costs Addressed In Upcoming Bill

WCBCJanuary 17, 2024 Excerpt: The Board’s purpose is to develop strategies to reduce the cost of

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Maryland Black Caucus’s Legislative Agenda Includes Criminal Justice Reform and Health

WBOCRobyn WaltersJanuary 19, 2024 Excerpt: Black lawmakers also are adding their support to a bill

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Fox 5 DC: Prescription Drug Affordability

Fox 5 DCJanuary 18, 2024 View the full piece about prescription drug affordability in Maryland at

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WBAL: Prescription Drug Affordability

WBAL January 18, 2024 View the full piece about proposed legislation to expand the authority of the

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Bills to be introduced in the State House and Senate to help make high-cost drugs affordable

CBS News BaltimoreJanuary 18, 2024 Excerpt: Multiple state lawmakers gathered in Annapolis to

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Fox 45 Baltimore: Vincent Demarco – Prescription Drugs

Fox 45 News BaltimoreJanuary 17, 2024 View the full interview of Vincent Demarco discussing the

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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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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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Maryland Healthcare for All releases 2024 legislative agenda

WMDTRob FlaksJanuary 15, 2024 Excerpt: “Maryland has made tremendous progress going from 13%

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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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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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Lowering ‘hidden tax’ on Maryland health care

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

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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 insurance expansions amounted to about $460 million in saved hospital costs

WYPRScott MaucioneDecember 11, 2023 Excerpt: The estimate comes from medical advocacy group

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Expanded health care coverage saves Marylanders $460M

WMDTDecember 11, 2023Jack Fiechtner Excerpt: CEO of Maryland Health Care For All (MHCFA), Vincent

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Media Release: MD has reaped at least $460 M in savings for hospital costs through expansion of health insurance coverage to more residents reducing hidden health care tax

New analysis documents how expansion of insurance coverage has reduced the cost of uncompensated

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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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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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Health care and gun violence top legislative priorities

BWCUMCNovember 18, 2023Melissa Lauber Excerpt: Vinnie DeMarco, president of the Health Care for All