July 29, 2025
WYPR
Scott Maucione

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“The board came to its conclusion after extensive study of public and proprietary documents on the drugs and their pricing.

By law, the board can set upper payment limits on what state and local governments will pay for drugs on health plans for their employees.

“State and local governments should not be gouged by the drug corporation so that they can’t afford schools or libraries or tax breaks or whatever they else they want to do for the public,” said Vincent DeMarco, president of Maryland Healthcare for All! a healthcare affordability organization.”

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