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“If the federal tax credits end, health care will become a major expense for me. My premiums will more than double, and I will be forced to downgrade my plan to something that will barely cover anything or give up health insurance entirely.”
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Health care price hike frustrates Maryland enrollees
In Maryland, 274,000 people purchased insurance through the Maryland Health Exchange this year, paying an average of $450 a year, with 2% to 6% increases in their premiums each of the last four yea…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“If the federal tax credits end, health care will become a major expense for me. My premiums will more than double, and I will be forced to downgrade my plan to something that will barely cover anything or give up health insurance entirely.”
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/07/h...
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/07/h...
Remember, @marylandconnect.bsky.social is the official state based marketplace for health insurance and the only place to get financial help.
Shopping for health insurance? Use caution and make sure you are shopping from official sources! We are concerned about misleading marketing by unlicensed companies, scammers, and those selling limited-benefit health plans. https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Pages/Fake-health-insurance.aspx
November 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Remember, @marylandconnect.bsky.social is the official state based marketplace for health insurance and the only place to get financial help.
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Denied coverage for medically necessary care? We can help you. Call our 24/7 Hotline at 1-800-492-6116 for emergency appeals or visit our website for resources and information: https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Pages/AppealsAndGrievances.aspx. #MDInsurance
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Denied coverage for medically necessary care? We can help you. Call our 24/7 Hotline at 1-800-492-6116 for emergency appeals or visit our website for resources and information: https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Pages/AppealsAndGrievances.aspx. #MDInsurance
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The MIA warns of risks with the healthcare crowd-funding platform CrowdHealth. Read the full Consumer Advisory: https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Documents/publications/ConsumerAdvisory-MIA-warns-of-risks-involved-in-crowd-funding-healthcare-payment-platform-CrowdHealth.pdf #MDInsurance
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The MIA warns of risks with the healthcare crowd-funding platform CrowdHealth. Read the full Consumer Advisory: https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Documents/publications/ConsumerAdvisory-MIA-warns-of-risks-involved-in-crowd-funding-healthcare-payment-platform-CrowdHealth.pdf #MDInsurance
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What is a prescription drug affordability board and what does it do?
Learn more from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from @mdhealthcareforall.bsky.social youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJ...
Learn more from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from @mdhealthcareforall.bsky.social youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJ...
Expert Reveals How Maryland's Prescription Drug Affordability Board LOWERS Costs
What is a prescription drug affordability board and what does it do? Learn more from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from Maryland Health Care For All: https://youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJhCRM #LowerDrugPricesNow #PrescriptionDrugs #BigPharma
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November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What is a prescription drug affordability board and what does it do?
Learn more from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from @mdhealthcareforall.bsky.social youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJ...
Learn more from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from @mdhealthcareforall.bsky.social youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJ...
Legislation in Maryland passed this year for the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to be able to set upper payment limits for high cost drugs for ALL Marylanders. Read what our Vinny DeMarco had to say about it in @stateline.org stateline.org/2025/10/30/d...
Dozens of states tackle high prescription drug costs • Stateline
In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Legislation in Maryland passed this year for the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to be able to set upper payment limits for high cost drugs for ALL Marylanders. Read what our Vinny DeMarco had to say about it in @stateline.org stateline.org/2025/10/30/d...
Members of Congress heard heartfelt testimony today from people hurt by soaring health insurance premiums and the loss of SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown. Among Among those testifying was Baltimore resident Bobby Laughlin, who was introduced by Rep. Glenn Ivey. @ivey.house.gov
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Members of Congress heard heartfelt testimony today from people hurt by soaring health insurance premiums and the loss of SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown. Among Among those testifying was Baltimore resident Bobby Laughlin, who was introduced by Rep. Glenn Ivey. @ivey.house.gov
Medicaid is still here! Use your coverage now, and keep your contact information up to date to make sure you get notices about renewals and any future changes.
Renew your #MarylandMedicaid every 12 months to keep your insurance and prescription benefits. Update your contact info and watch for renewal notices by mail or email. Don’t risk a coverage gap, renew on time! Learn more: bit.ly/3xZjOOh.
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Medicaid is still here! Use your coverage now, and keep your contact information up to date to make sure you get notices about renewals and any future changes.
@marylandconnect.bsky.social: "Prices have gone up. We encourage everyone to come back and look at their plan...We are ready to help between our brokers, our call center, and our consumer assistance workers to help you navigate that as you go through open enrollment." www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/vi...
Open enrollment begins, changes to tax credits sending prices up for many families
Open enrollment for health insurance begins in Maryland as changes to tax credits are sending prices up for many families.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
@marylandconnect.bsky.social: "Prices have gone up. We encourage everyone to come back and look at their plan...We are ready to help between our brokers, our call center, and our consumer assistance workers to help you navigate that as you go through open enrollment." www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/vi...
Thank you so much to the more than 230 people who attended our webinar last week, and special thank you to our special guests! We discussed federal changes to health care, open enrollment, insurance resources, and vaccine access. Resources here: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thank you so much to the more than 230 people who attended our webinar last week, and special thank you to our special guests! We discussed federal changes to health care, open enrollment, insurance resources, and vaccine access. Resources here: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
Open enrollment for @marylandconnect.bsky.social Maryland Health Connection has started! Life changes fast—get health insurance with benefits you can count on, like doctor visits, mental health care, and more.
Visit MarylandHealthConnection.gov to get started.
Visit MarylandHealthConnection.gov to get started.
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Open enrollment for @marylandconnect.bsky.social Maryland Health Connection has started! Life changes fast—get health insurance with benefits you can count on, like doctor visits, mental health care, and more.
Visit MarylandHealthConnection.gov to get started.
Visit MarylandHealthConnection.gov to get started.
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Why do we pay so much more than other countries for prescription drugs here in America?
More from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from @mdhealthcareforall.bsky.social: youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJ...
More from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from @mdhealthcareforall.bsky.social: youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJ...
What Drug Companies Don't Want You To Know!
Why do we pay so much more than other countries for prescription drugs here in America? Learn more from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from Maryland Health Care For All: https://youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJhCRM #LowerDrugPricesNow #PrescriptionDrugs #BigPharma
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October 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Why do we pay so much more than other countries for prescription drugs here in America?
More from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from @mdhealthcareforall.bsky.social: youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJ...
More from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from @mdhealthcareforall.bsky.social: youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJ...
Have you registered yet?
Join our webinar 10/31 at 12:30PM with special guests MD Dept of Health Secretary Dr. Meena Seshamani, MD Health Connection ED Michele Eberle, MD Insurance Administration Associate Commissioner Patti Dorn, and our own Rev. Dr. Sandra Conner. healthcareforall.com/webinar
Join our webinar 10/31 at 12:30PM with special guests MD Dept of Health Secretary Dr. Meena Seshamani, MD Health Connection ED Michele Eberle, MD Insurance Administration Associate Commissioner Patti Dorn, and our own Rev. Dr. Sandra Conner. healthcareforall.com/webinar
October 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Have you registered yet?
Join our webinar 10/31 at 12:30PM with special guests MD Dept of Health Secretary Dr. Meena Seshamani, MD Health Connection ED Michele Eberle, MD Insurance Administration Associate Commissioner Patti Dorn, and our own Rev. Dr. Sandra Conner. healthcareforall.com/webinar
Join our webinar 10/31 at 12:30PM with special guests MD Dept of Health Secretary Dr. Meena Seshamani, MD Health Connection ED Michele Eberle, MD Insurance Administration Associate Commissioner Patti Dorn, and our own Rev. Dr. Sandra Conner. healthcareforall.com/webinar
We’re fortunate that Maryland has a state subsidy program that will go into place if Congress terminates health care tax credits.
But even so, many Marylanders will see their premiums go up if Congress terminates the tax credits.
But even so, many Marylanders will see their premiums go up if Congress terminates the tax credits.
Sticker shock: Obamacare premiums jump in Maryland as Congress deadlocks
Maryland consumers with state-sponsored health care to face big cost increases
The federal government remains shut down, keeping the prospect of federal subsidies to buy health insurance off the table as open enrollment on the health exchange approaches for Maryland.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We’re fortunate that Maryland has a state subsidy program that will go into place if Congress terminates health care tax credits.
But even so, many Marylanders will see their premiums go up if Congress terminates the tax credits.
But even so, many Marylanders will see their premiums go up if Congress terminates the tax credits.
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Please join us for a special webinar on October 31 at 12:30PM. We will hear from special guests about federal changes to health care in Maryland, enrollment in health coverage, consumer protections for insurance, and vaccine access. Join us to hear updates and ask your questions.
October 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please join us for a special webinar on October 31 at 12:30PM. We will hear from special guests about federal changes to health care in Maryland, enrollment in health coverage, consumer protections for insurance, and vaccine access. Join us to hear updates and ask your questions.
In this LTE, our Vinny DeMarco writes that the MD PDAB is poised to set upper payment limits for Jardiance and Farxiga for state and local governments, and next year will have the authority to set upper payment limits on high-cost drugs for ALL Marylanders. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/24/m...
Maryland drug affordability board deserves recognition | READER COMMENTARY
A recent op-ed does not recognize the important work of the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board, writes Vincent DeMarco.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In this LTE, our Vinny DeMarco writes that the MD PDAB is poised to set upper payment limits for Jardiance and Farxiga for state and local governments, and next year will have the authority to set upper payment limits on high-cost drugs for ALL Marylanders. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/24/m...
Thank you Rep. Jamie Raskin for hosting a roundtable about federal cuts to Medicaid and health care tax credits and inviting us to participate. When people lose access to health care, it hurts ALL of us through increased health insurance premiums. @raskin.house.gov
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Raskin Warns of ‘Very Scary’ Health Care Cuts Amid Ongoing Government Shutdown
Rep. Jamie Raskin warns in Silver Spring that Medicaid and ACA tax credit cuts under the Trump administration could raise health care costs for Marylanders.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Thank you Rep. Jamie Raskin for hosting a roundtable about federal cuts to Medicaid and health care tax credits and inviting us to participate. When people lose access to health care, it hurts ALL of us through increased health insurance premiums. @raskin.house.gov
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Congratulations to Senator Antonio Hayes for being a finalist for the 2025 National Ideas Challenge due to his leadership on the Health Equity Resource Communities Program! @antoniohayes40.bsky.social baltimoretimes-online.com/news/local/2...
Maryland Senator Antonio Hayes Named Finalist in National Policy Ideas Challenge - The Baltimore Times
Maryland State Senator Antonio Hayes has been named one of twenty finalists in the 2025 National Ideas Challenge, a nationwide competition organized by the NewDEAL Forum to highlight innovative polici...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Congratulations to Senator Antonio Hayes for being a finalist for the 2025 National Ideas Challenge due to his leadership on the Health Equity Resource Communities Program! @antoniohayes40.bsky.social baltimoretimes-online.com/news/local/2...
Our Vinny DeMarco had the opportunity to speak on a panel at the Maryland Rural Health Association Annual Conference and is pictured here left to right with Delegate Tom Hutchinson, Zil Joyce Dixon Romero, Senator Arthur Ellis, Jonathan Dayton, Senator Mike McKay, and Mark Luckner.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our Vinny DeMarco had the opportunity to speak on a panel at the Maryland Rural Health Association Annual Conference and is pictured here left to right with Delegate Tom Hutchinson, Zil Joyce Dixon Romero, Senator Arthur Ellis, Jonathan Dayton, Senator Mike McKay, and Mark Luckner.
Our Vinny DeMarco shares updates about setting upper payment limits on high cost drugs. Drugs don't work if people can't afford them.
On #CareTalk live Vinny DeMarco MD Health Care for All talks about prescription drug affordability boards w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & Diane @socialsecurityworks.org @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social answer your health ins q’s
Lower Drug Prices Now? #CareTalk
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October 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Our Vinny DeMarco shares updates about setting upper payment limits on high cost drugs. Drugs don't work if people can't afford them.
Please join us for a special webinar on October 31 at 12:30PM. We will hear from special guests about federal changes to health care in Maryland, enrollment in health coverage, consumer protections for insurance, and vaccine access. Join us to hear updates and ask your questions.
October 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please join us for a special webinar on October 31 at 12:30PM. We will hear from special guests about federal changes to health care in Maryland, enrollment in health coverage, consumer protections for insurance, and vaccine access. Join us to hear updates and ask your questions.
Our Vinny DeMarco and Andy York, Executive Director of the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, presented at a meeting of the Maryland Municipal League in Garrett County.
October 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Our Vinny DeMarco and Andy York, Executive Director of the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, presented at a meeting of the Maryland Municipal League in Garrett County.
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Millions of Americans across the country are now receiving notices with massive premium increases because of the Republican health care crisis. In many cases, premiums are doubling on working families. I want to hear from you. Share your health care story with me: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Millions of Americans across the country are now receiving notices with massive premium increases because of the Republican health care crisis. In many cases, premiums are doubling on working families. I want to hear from you. Share your health care story with me: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Our Vinny DeMarco joined Massachusetts health leaders Ashley Blackburn and Grace Jurkovich in urging MA legislators to support upper payment limits on high cost drugs. @hcfama.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our Vinny DeMarco joined Massachusetts health leaders Ashley Blackburn and Grace Jurkovich in urging MA legislators to support upper payment limits on high cost drugs. @hcfama.bsky.social
Bobby Laughlin described how the health care tax credits have benefited him. "They have lowered my monthly premiums significantly, reduced my deductible by thousands of dollars, and improved my access to healthcare greatly." www.wmar2news.com/infocus/gove...
Governor Moore pushes to protect healthcare tax credits amid federal government shutdown
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore advocates for healthcare tax credits as congressional battle keeps federal government closed, warns of premium increases.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Bobby Laughlin described how the health care tax credits have benefited him. "They have lowered my monthly premiums significantly, reduced my deductible by thousands of dollars, and improved my access to healthcare greatly." www.wmar2news.com/infocus/gove...