WMAR Baltimore
August 12, 2026
Amanada Engel
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“Medicare under the Biden administration and Trump administration has been negotiating with the drug corporations and have set maximum fair prices for 25 drugs. Soon, another 15; it will be 40 drugs,” DeMarco said. “We want to give our board the authority to immediately say, those are smart things the federal government has done. Let’s do that in Maryland. Marylanders should not be paying more for these high-cost drugs than Medicare is.”
Groups like AARP and Public Citizen, along with Maryland Health Care for All, sent public comment letters urging the PDAB to put the Ozempic and Jardiance UPLs into place.”
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