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... and Grassroots Manager, Sherry McCammon attend President Obama's Rally at the University of Maryland, College Park.  Ambassadors Attend Obama's Health Care Reform Rally ...

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows 8 in 10 (85%) Maryland voters view a candidate’s position on access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage as a vote-determining factor. Among the key findings, the poll showed that addressing health care costs, particularly out-of-pocket costs, is the most important health care issue for voters in Maryland. More broadly, the issues that are ...

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network recognized Maryland's Health Benefits Exchange  as one of the model exchanges in our country to date. On May 26, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown announced Governor O'Malley's appointments to the Health Benefit Exchange Board. The appointees will be Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, Lisa ... and a health economist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jennifer Goldberg, assistant director of advocacy for health care at the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, vice president at academy health and director of the Robert Wood Johnson ...

        State takes big step toward more pain care Posted: 5:24 pm Mon, May 6, 2013 By Alissa Gulin ,  Daily Record Business Writer Hospital representatives and patient advocacy groups are ... such as the side effects of chemotherapy. Doctors also thoroughly explain all treatment options, helping patients feel more in control of their health, proponents say. “It’s a wraparound service, usually with a team leader bringing together specialists to work with the patient and ... the standards by 2016. The five hospitals, which will be chosen through an application process, will then make recommendations to the Maryland Health Care Commission on developing uniform programs across the state. That expansion could take many forms, said Denise Matricciani, vice ...