The Small Business Dilemma
When it comes to health care, American small business owners are getting a raw deal. While the current insurance marketplace offers some options to larger employers, it too often leaves small business...
View ArticleMaryland the Focus for Next Stage of Health Reform
The new federal health care reform law puts state leaders in the driver’s seat, according to a new report by consumer advocacy group Maryland PIRG Foundation.
View ArticleDelivering on the Promise
The recently passed federal health care reform law will make significant changes in how health insurance and health care work for consumers, businesses, and local and state governments, as well as how...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleConsumer 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...
View ArticleBuilding 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.
View ArticleMaryland'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.
View ArticleMaking 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...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Health Reform Law Will Benefit Millions...
Today’s decision is good news for consumers in Maryland. Insurance companies can’t go back to the days of dropping your coverage once you become ill, or denying coverage to sick children. And beginning...
View ArticleHere’s that Rx refill you didn’t order
Thursday, October 25, 2012Is your pharmacy refilling your prescription without your knowledge or approval, and billing your insurance company for the cost?Consumer ProtectionHealth Care
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