Providing Healthcare to More Marylanders

Under Governor Martin O’Malley leadership, Maryland has become a shining example for the rest of the nation of how to address the healthcare crisis. In the last legislative period, the O’Malley-Brown Administration secured more than $6 billion to provide reliable, quality healthcare for more than 700,000 Marylanders.

Expanding the Working Families and Small Businesses Health Coverage Act: New legislation will provide coverage for 125,000 previously uninsured Marylanders. By expanding the eligibility requirements and partnering with State agencies, the healthcare industry and small businesses, Gov. O’Malley was able to make health insurance more affordable for employees of the great small business community. Eligibility requirements for Medicaid programs were also expanded to include individuals that earn up to 116% of the federal poverty level.

Providing dental benefits to children on Medicaid: The Deamonte Driver Project – established by the O’Malley-Brown administration – breaks through bureaucratic red tape and allows dental hygienists to provide a full array of services at public health clinics.

Closing the Medicare Prescription Drug Donut Hole: With the help of a public-private partnership, Gov. O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Brown have made sure that elderly Marylanders can afford the prescription drugs that they need.

Serving Maryland’s returning veterans: The O’Malley-Brown Administration is allocating more than $2.8 million for re-entry and behavioral health services to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.