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2025 Maryland Snapshot
The Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were selected […]
Read MoreMaryland CHESS Survey Cited in AHEAD Model Organization Comments
The Maryland Health Means Everything Coalition cites Maryland CHESS survey in letter to Maryland Department of Health Secretary regarding the state’s AHEAD model total cost of care model implementation, using the survey data to back recommendations for the state’s working group (p. 18 and 51). View Publication
Read MoreMaryland Makes Permanent Health Insurance Subsidies for People Ages 18-37
Maryland has passed legislation making permanent subsidies for people ages 18-37 that buy health insurance on the state marketplace and earn up to 400% of the federal poverty level, reports WYPR. Under HB297/SB5, Maryland’s existing Adult Youth Subsidy Program will be made permanent and funded through 2028, with subsidies taking effect July 1, 2025.
Read MoreMaryland Authorizes Prescription Drug Upper Payment Limits
Maryland has passed legislation expanding the authority of the state’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board, reports WYPR. Under HB424/SB357, the Board is empowered to set upper payment limits for drugs effective October 1, 2025. Upper payment limits cap what private plans or the state and local governments will pay for certain drugs in the state. If drug companies don’t cooperate, […]
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A survey of more than 1,300 Maryland adults, conducted from July 6 to July 20, 2022, found that: Altarum’s Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) is designed to elicit respondents’ unbiased views on a wide range of health system issues, including confidence using the health system, financial burden and views on fixes that might be […]
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The Health Care Value Hub’s 2026 Health Care Affordability State Policy Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders with a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The Snapshot explores policies impacting health care affordability across four domains: Policies were selected based on whether they have the potential to impact […]
Read MoreMD to Cap Out-of-Pocket Costs for Certain Prescription Drugs
Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board received approval to cap costs for certain prescription drugs under state and local health plans, reports AARP Maryland. The board will review six high-cost medications, including Ozempic and Dupixent, to determine affordability and potential savings. Caps will be imposed only if they lower costs without reducing access. The plan marks Maryland’s […]
Read MoreMaryland Snapshot 2024
The 2024 Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were […]
Read MoreMaryland Authorizes Upper Payment Limits for Prescription Drugs on State Health Plans
Maryland will implement upper payment limits for prescription drugs that state and local agencies but for employee health plans, according to Maryland Matters. Upper payment limits set a maximum rate that state government purchasers can pay for a prescription drug product. Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board will begin setting up tools for prescription cost reduction […]
Read MoreMaryland Requires Coverage for Prosthetics and Hearing Aids
Maryland will require health insurance carriers to cover prostheses and hearing aids, reports WYPR News. State-regulated insurance plans will have to cover prostheses (a custom device to treat partial or total limb loss) medically necessary hearing aids for adults, effective January 1, 2025
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