Former Maryland governor Bob Ehrlich will seek to exempt the state from federal health care reform if he wins the November election against Gov. Martin O’Malley, Ehrlich said Monday.
Ehrlich said exempting Maryland from new health care mandates — a feat 20 other states are attempting to do through the courts — will be a priority over his first seven days as governor of Maryland, assuming he is elected.
Ehrlich’s campaign says the Obama administration’s health care reform “unconstitutionally forces Marylanders to buy care, rations health care for families, hurts small businesses and drives up costs for state government.”
The actual cost of health care reform in Maryland is still under review.
O’Malley has thrown his full support behind the new law, saying it will improve Maryland’s health care system and save THE state money — a conclusion supported by a dozen nonpartisan policy reports.
