Can Maryland Control Prescription Drug Costs?
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Dasgupta, Sunil, host. Interview with Andrew York and Vincent DeMarco. “Can Maryland Control Prescription Drug Costs?” I Hate Politics Podcast, February 20, 2026. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6F7rVzkq552AOGkdlEwoj4.
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In 2019, Maryland became the first state in the nation to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. After years of preparatory work, the agency is poised to take its first actions on two blockbuster diabetes drugs, Jardiance and Farxiga, and a year later, the Board can expand its price control mechanism to the private insurance market. Will they clear the thicket of dysfunction in the drug marketplace and help lower actual drug costs? Sunil Dasgupta talks with Andrew York, Executive Director Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board, and Vincent DeMarco, president of the Maryland Health Care for All Coalition. Newly in public domain music by George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman band, and Marian Andersen.