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O'Malley sought to put a human face on the topic by holding a discussion before his announcement with small-business owners such as A. Nayab Siddiqui, president of an information services company in Columbia with 43 employees.
"It's killing us," Siddiqui said of his company's health-care costs. "Can we sustain this forever? I don't think so."
O'Malley's focus on health care won praise yesterday from the Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, a leading proponent of expanded access. The group has been enlisting candidates to support its top legislative priority: a $1 increase in the state cigarette tax that would be used to pay for an array of health initiatives, including expansion of Medicaid, the state and federal insurance program for the poor.
Two Democratic candidates for comptroller -- Del. Peter Franchot (Montgomery) and Anne Arundel County Executive Janet S. Owens -- became the latest politicians to announce their support yesterday for the group's plan. Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan had endorsed the plan before he dropped out of the Democratic primary race for governor last month.
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley promised yesterday that, if elected governor, he would aggressively pursue ways to make health insurance and prescription drugs more affordable, the latest in a series of campaign pledges targeting middle-class angst.