Tag: Vincent DeMarco
State and local leaders tout new health care subsidy ahead of open enrollment
Maryland’s state and local leaders came together Thursday to urge young adults between the ages of 18-34 to take advantage of a new state subsidy that is designed to make health insurance more affordable.
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Maryland is the sixth most vaccinated state in the nation: Study
Maryland is well ahead of most of the states in the nation in terms of vaccinating its residents, according to a recent study.
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Maryland ranks No. 5 among states with the best health care: study
Maryland’s health care system is better than that of the overwhelming majority of states in the nation, according to a recent study.
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DeMarco: Affordable Care Act is ‘here to stay’ following recent US Supreme Court ruling
With the U.S. Supreme Court now having rejected three legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law is likely to remain codified in statute forever, one of Annapolis’ most well-known health care lobbyists said Friday.
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‘Free State Politics’ Episode 3: Israel vs Hamas, COVID-19 and health insurance
MarylandReporter.com Friday debuted Episode 3 of the “Free State Politics” podcast featuring award-winning journalist John Rydell and producer and editor Douglas Christian.
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DeMarco: Biden’s proposal to make enhanced ACA premium subsidies permanent is a ‘game changer’
Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative President Vincent DeMarco said President Joe Biden’s proposal to make enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidies provided through the American Rescue Plan Act permanent would, if implemented, be a “game-changer” for millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Marylanders with regard to health care affordability.
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DeMarco highlights health care policy goals for the upcoming legislative session
MarylandReporter.com spoke with Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative President Vincent DeMarco this week about his group’s three main policy goals for the upcoming legislative session: making prescription drugs more affordable, protecting and building on the Affordable Care Act, and promoting health equity. The 2021 legislative session is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, January 13.
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Marylanders with pre-existing conditions will be protected regardless of how SCOTUS rules on Obamacare
Even if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) is unconstitutional Marylanders with pre-existing health conditions will still be protected under a state law that went into effect on Oct. 1.
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Leader of Md. health group predicts legislature will override veto of prescription drug board funding
The president of Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative said he is confident that the General Assembly will vote to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of legislation that would have established a permanent funding source for the Prescription Drug Affordability Board.
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Md. health group praises Hogan’s decision to send ‘strike teams’ to nursing homes
Del. Kathy Szeliga (R-Baltimore, Harford) also praised Hogan’s initiative.
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Franchot promotes federal health insurance tax credits for small businesses
Comptroller Peter Franchot will nudge thousands of Howard County small businesses to take advantage of additional tax credits available through the Affordable Care Act.
He joined a number of health care advocates and politicians in Columbia on Monday to announce his outreach to over 5,000 small businesses in Howard County.
Read MoreState prepares for former inmates to sign up for Medicaid
State officials are working to make sure people being released from prison will sign up for benefits during the 2014 Medicaid expansion.
When the enrollment date for individual health plans rolls around in October, former inmates will also be eligible for health plans offered in state health care exchanges, another part of the “Obamacare” Affordable Care Act implementation. But health advocates say that at best it’s more likely they’ll be signing up for Medicaid, because of their low incomes.
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