Legislation could bring prescription drug affordability board to Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, Md. —A prescription drug affordability board would be the first of its kind in the nation. However, the bill proposing it has changed. Instead of directly impacting every household, it now starts with state and local governments.

Taking to television airways to make the case to lower the cost of prescription drugs, a television ad is endorsing legislation to create a prescription drug affordability board. The board would regulate the cost of prescription drugs by setting limits on how much state and local governments pay for the medicine.

"You want to charge all this much for these drugs? Justify it," said Vinnie DeMarco, president of the Maryland Citizens Health Initiative.

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