Legislation To Support Lower Drug Costs

Maryland legislators joined advocates Maryland Healthcare For All on Wednesday to support a proposal to bring down the cost of many expensive medications for residents. Proposed legislation would allow the state’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board to set upper payment limits that match federal limits. Democratic Delegate Jennifer White Holland is the sponsor of the bill to be introduced in January…

“This proposal would allow the board to adopt the Medicare Maximum Fair Price as a statewide upper payment limit, eliminating the need for the months of redundant cost reviews and ultimately saving Marylanders hundreds of millions of dollars per year.”