Sept 11, 2026
The Daily Record
Hannah Gaskill
Eerpt:
“Beyond cuts to Medicaid, Maryland will be facing another multi-billion dollar budgetary shortfall when the General Assembly reconvenes in January.
If lawmakers do consider an increase in the excise tax as an option, DeMarco is concerned the revenue may not go to Medicaid. However, he said, the need to fill the healthcare gap is just as desperate as the need to remedy the budget.
“If we don’t do something like this, hundreds of thousands of Marylanders will lose their health insurance and uncompensated care will go up. Our premiums will, therefore, go up,” said DeMarco. “So it’s bad for everybody, especially those families that lose health insurance.”
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Last modified: September 14, 2026
