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State board to set first drug price limits; county urged to host public forum
Summary
Vinny DeMarco of the Maryland Health Care for All Coalition briefed Caroline County commissioners on the Prescription Drug Affordability Board’s work, including imminent upper payment limits for Jardiance and Farxiga and future consideration of Ozempic; he offered to help organize a local forum to gather county input.
Vinny DeMarco, president of the Maryland Health Care for All Coalition, told the Caroline County board that Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board will set its first upper payment limits for two diabetes drugs — Jardiance and Farxiga — on April 13, 2026, and that those price limits take effect for local governments on Jan. 1, 2027. DeMarco said the board was created in 2019 to reduce the cost of high‑price prescription drugs for state and local governments and, later, for all residents.
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