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GOVERNOR O'MALLEY
Improving Healthcare
EXPANDED HEALTHCARE TO 204,000 MORE MARYLANDERS
Governor O’Malley enacted effective polices which expanded health coverage to over 204,000 Marylanders including 100,000 children
ENHANCED CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE
Governor O'Malley helped to establish the Deamonte Driver Project to expand access to dental care for more Maryland children than ever before.
SMALL BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
Governor O'Malley worked with members of the General Assembly and key stakeholders to pass the Working Families and Small Business Health Coverage Act. In 2008, Governor O'Malley launched a highly successful program to partner with State agencies, health insurers and small businesses to expand health insurance benefits to more Maryland families.
BOB EHRLICH
Weakening Healthcare
CUT HEALTHCARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Bob Ehrlich attempted to cut 4,000 children and pregnant women from receiving health care and cut payments to nursing homes by $42 million.
VETOED LEGISLATION EXPANDING HEALTH INSURANCE
Bob Ehrlich vetoed legislation requiring companies like Wal-Mart to provide healthcare to their employees. The legislation required that companies spend eight percent of their payroll providing health insurance to their employees or send the difference between eight percent and what they were paying to the state to help cover Medicaid costs.
25%
Under Governor O'Malley, the Maryland Earned Income Tax Credit was increased by 25%
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