On Wednesday, Maryland Health Care for All launched a campaign calling on candidates for Maryland office to commit to a proposal to speed up the Prescription Drug Affordability Board's work. The Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) recently set upper payment limits (UPLs) on two widely used prescription drugs, Ozempic and Jardiance. "This will save state and local governments and all of us millions of dollars a year," said Vincent DeMarco, the president of the Maryland Health Care for All Coalition. Candidates are asked to respond by Sept. 30 so that the coalition can publicly identify which candidates support the proposal. "Medicare under the Biden administration and Trump administration has been negotiating with the drug corporations and have set maximum fair prices for 25 drugs.