ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Well being take care of all, that is the aim of a brand new legislative package deal some Maryland lawmakers are calling for.
The set of legal guidelines look to develop reasonably priced medical insurance and convey down the price of prescribed drugs.
Maryland is at the moment fifth greatest within the nation in well being care.
Previously few years the variety of individuals with out insurance coverage has dripped from 13% of all Marylanders to simply 6%, round a 400,000 individual distinction.
However supporters of the brand new regulation package deal say we nonetheless have a protracted solution to go.
“We’re all higher off as a result of when uninsured go to the hospital we pay for his or her uncompensated care with greater premiums in hidden well being care tax, we now have made large progress. However as governor Wes Moore stated in his inaugural handle, there are nonetheless 250,000 uninsured individuals in Maryland and we will not depart them behind,”
Listening to for a number of the payments begin on Wednesday in entrance of Senate Finance Committee.
