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Covering The Uninsured in Maryland

Futile Gestures or Real Reforms?

Health Care

by Edmund F. Haislmaier

MARYLAND POLICY REPORT

JANUARY 13, 2006 pdf PDF VERSION MailE-MAIL THIS PrintPRINTER FRIENDLY Bookmark and Share

The debate over extending health insurance coverage to the uninsured is again a major issue in the 2006 session of the Maryland General Assembly. During the 2005 session, the General Assembly passed the Fair Share Health Care Fund Act, which Governor Robert Ehrlich subsequently vetoed.[1] The act was quickly dubbed “the Wal-Mart Bill” because that company is the principle target of the legislation’s sponsors and supporters. The bill’s supporters then persuaded the General Assembly to override the Governor’s veto during the opening days of the 2006 session.



[1] The enrolled bill as passed can be found at http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/bills/hb/hb1284e.pdf.  

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