State Should Wait On Health Reform

Federal officials have praised Maryland for leading national efforts to implement health care reform, but critics caution against spending funds on a law in jeopardy of repeal.

Since 2007, the state has expanded health coverage to more than 289,000 Marylanders. Today, Maryland is recognized as one of the first to embrace the federal Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 and to begin implementing its provisions.

"You really are a leader in what you're accomplishing both in terms of health care reform and the Affordable Care Act," Joanne Grossi, regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told a group of Maryland officials.

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