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Issue | Health Care

Making Health Care Work

Now the fight for health care reform is in Annapolis, and so are the health care industry’s lobbyists. At stake is how we set up a new insurance marketplace in Maryland — the single biggest tool we have to clean up health care.

Issue | Consumer Protection, Health Care

Healthy Kids Healthy Maryland

We need to do more to regulate toxic chemicals and prevent vulnerable populations, like women of reproductive age, developing children and factory workers from being unwittingly exposed to toxic chemicals.

News Release | Health Care

Maryland's Health Care Exchange on Track to Lower Costs for Consumers

Maryland’s health insurance exchange has the potential to be a national leader in delivering better value for consumers, according to Making the Grade, a new report by Maryland PIRG.

Report | Health Care

Making the Grade

When it comes to health care, there are few magic-bullet solutions for the many problems consumers face in the marketplace: insurers don’t compete for their business, leading to higher prices and lower quality. Yet there are policy solutions that can make a difference and give consumers a better deal on health care.

Report | Health Care

Building a Better Health Care Marketplace

Consumers across the state know that the health insurance marketplace is broken. The creation of a new health insurance exchange offers our state the chance to build a better marketplace for health care.

News Release | Health Care

Consumer Group Calls for New Competitive Health Care Marketplace

Maryland policy-makers can address rising health care costs by implementing an effective health insurance exchange, according to a report released today by consumer advocacy group Maryland PIRG Foundation.

Resource | Health Care

Protecting the Health Care Consumer

The Problem: Consumers pay too much for too little coverage.

News Release | Health Care

Health Care Repeal Would Have Costly Consequences

Consumers and small businesses in Maryland will face significantly higher insurance premiums and could see costly coverage denials and price discrimination if efforts to repeal the federal health care law prevail in Congress or in the courts, according to "The Cost of Repeal: Examining the Impact on Maryland of Repealing the New Federal Health Care Law," a new report released today by Maryland PIRG.

Report | Health Care

The Cost of Repeal

On March 23, 2010, after a long congressional debate, President Barack Obama signed into law comprehensive federal health care reform legislation, known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA. This report examines the costs and benefits of repeal for the taxpayers, consumers, and businesses of our state.

Result | Health Care

Young People Now Covered

This year, the federal health care reforms that Maryland PIRG worked to win have started to pay off for young people. In the past, teens saw their premiums soar or were denied coverage when they turned 19, even if they’d been insured their whole lives. Now, they can remain on their parents’ plans until age 26. 

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