Healthcare

We can be proud that 85.8% of Marylanders are covered under some sort of health-care plan, according to the US Census Bureau in 2004. But we can do better: I pledge to find ways to ensure the other 14.2% have coverage, as well. And I’ve built a reputation for delivering on my promises.

When a for-profit California firm first considered buying Care First, Maryland’s non-profit Blue Cross / Blue Shield provider, I voted for strict conditions on the sale to ensure that those who most needed Blue Cross / Blue Shield would not be abandoned.

I co-sponsored laws that improved healthcare for 60,000 children and pregnant women in working families who were without health insurance.