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Healthcare Life Sciences Drug Pricing Digest - June 2025 #2
JD Supra - California
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June 18, 2025
Inflation Reduction Act, Healthcare Reform, and General Developments “Most Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Policy Discussions Continue Some commentators are expecting that further details regarding the so-called most favored nation (MFN) pricing...
New 2025 Maryland Health Care Laws
Lexology
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The Maryland General Assembly’s 2025 legislative Session concluded with the enactment of many health care laws that will impact health care facilities, providers, insurers, and patients in the State. Here are some of the highlights from the 2025...
Housing as health care: Sarasota-Manatee seniors face mounting issues
Sarasota Herald Tribune - Florida
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Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part series on the growing economic challenges older people are facing in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Read part one and part two. Charlie Harris lay in his bed at Centerstone hospital earlier this...
More Insured = Stronger Healthcare System
WCBC - Maryland
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June 19th, 2025 by WCBC Radio As lawmakers in Washington D.C. continue to wrangle over President Trump’s spending bill, close attention is on those whose healthcare benefits may be directly affected. Rate increases for medical plans for next year...
State attorney general decries federal holding room for immigrants in Baltimore
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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June 18, 2025
The conditions in the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s temporary hold room in downtown Baltimore used to house immigrants are so poor that they would violate standards if it were a state-run facility, the office of Maryland Attorney...
Van Hollen Reintroduces Easy Enrollment Health Care Act
WCBC - Maryland
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June 19th, 2025 by WCBC Radio Senator Chris Van Hollen has reintroduced the Easy Enrollment Health Care Act, modeled on a program introduced by the state of Maryland in 2020 that has helped nearly 14,000 residents enroll in marketplace plans for...
Hemp Companies Sue Maryland Over Cannabis Licensing
Ganjapreneur - Washington
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June 19, 2025
A Maryland hemp industry association and hemp businesses are suing the state over cannabis licensing and seized products, the Baltimore Sun reports. The Maryland Hemp Coalition, 10 businesses owners, and consumers of the products at the heart of...
Harbaugh: CB Alexander wanted to be in Baltimore
NBC Sports
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June 18, 2025
Lamar Jackson asked for Jaire Alexander and he got him on Wednesday. The Ravens announced Alexander’s signing a day after Jackson said that he’d spoken to his college teammate about the possibility of coming to Baltimore. At a press conference...
Maryland Public Defender discusses strategies to keep Baltimore's crime down
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Natasha Dartigue, the Maryland Public Defender, discussed with Baltimore residents ways to keep decreasing violent crime in the city. Baltimore City crime numbers sit at the lowest percentage recorded in the first five months of any year, with...
Baltimore detectives search for location in teen shooting
Shore News Network
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June 18, 2025
31 BALTIMORE, Md. — A 19-year-old man walked into a Baltimore hospital Monday night with a gunshot wound, prompting an investigation by Southeast District detectives. Officers responded to the hospital at approximately 10:05 p.m., where they...
Body camera video shows deadly Baltimore County police shooting during mental health episode
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Newly-released police body camera footage shows when a man was shot and killed after officers responded to a mental health crisis on May 18 in Baltimore County. The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Attorney General's...
Another Alert Day for Thursday across Maryland
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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A stretch of active and oppressive summer weather is on tap for Maryland, beginning with a threat for severe storms Thursday and transitioning to a prolonged period of dangerous heat through early next week. Overnight tonight, skies will be partly...
Baltimore will keep CIAA tournament through 2029, officials announce
Technical.ly
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June 18, 2025
An annual basketball tournament held during Black History Month and bringing a wide economic footprint will stay in Baltimore through the end of the decade, local officials announced. Public and private sector leaders on Wednesday gathered at the...
Book Your Ride with Diamond Care Transportation - Safe, Wheelchair-Friendly Medical Transport for Seniors and Disabled Patients
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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Diamond Care Transportation makes it easy to book safe, wheelchair-accessible rides for seniors and disabled patients. Serving South Carolina, Florida, Washington, Maryland, and Virginia, the company offers reliable Non-Emergency Medical...
Report: Nonprofit Hospitals Still Pushing DEI, Childhood Transgenderism Despite Trump's Orders
Breitbart
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June 18, 2025
A conservative watchdog group has issued a “Consumer Warning” against nonprofit hospitals that use taxpayer dollars and tax-exempt statuses to push the “woke agenda,” calling for an investigation into five health systems that use their federal...
Baltimore police identify victim in Father's Day shooting
FOX45 - Maryland
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BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Baltimore police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred on Father's Day in Northeast Baltimore. Derone Jones, a 32-year-old man, was killed on June 14, in the 5300 block of Frankford Avenue. Police reported...
Maryland State Police investigate double fatal crash in Anne Arundel County
FOX45 - Maryland
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CROWNSVILLE, Md. (WBFF) — Maryland State Police are investigating a deadly crash that claimed the lives of two men Tuesday night in Anne Arundel County. The victims have been identified as Thomas Oliver Sellman III, 30, of Churchton, and Marcus...
Former Packers All-Pro Alexander Signs with Baltimore Ravens
97.3 KKRC - South Dakota
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June 19, 2025
That didn't take long. Following the Green Bay Packers release of former All-Pro Cornerback Jaire Alexander, many figured he would be a hot commodity. After seemingly weighing options over the last week, the former Louisville Cardinal officially...
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UMD Smith Helping Quantify Federal Government's Economic Impact on Maryland
Newswise
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June 19, 2025
Newswise — Maryland Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman has released the agency's first report on the impact of the federal government on Maryland's economy. The report, produced in partnership with the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of...
Baltimore steals star corner Jaire Alexander from Green Bay to shake up AFC
The Times of India
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The Baltimore Ravens opened up the news cycle with an absolute bombshell, signing former Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander to a one-year deal worth up to $6 million. Now, the Ravens not only add further depth to their secondary with...