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News and events
You can stay up to date with health news, newsletters and upcoming events.
Your updates
Here you’ll find the latest member news, bulletins and resources.
Beginning May 1, 2024, a change to your pharmacy benefits will include a copay for prescriptions for the following, as directed by Maryland Medicaid:
- Non formulary brand-name RX - $3
- Formulary brand name - $1
- Generic formulary and non formulary Rx - $1
- Antiretroviral for the treatment of HIV/AIDS brand/generic - $1
Excluded from all pharmacy copays are the following:
- Individuals under the age of 21
- Pregnant women
- American Indian Tribal members
- Members who are receiving a "short fill" (3-day supply) for emergency services
- Members receiving hospice care
- Members receiving family planning activities
Over the Counter (OTC) Supply Catalog
Each member can order $25 per month of certain over the counter (OTC) drugs and supplies from an Aetna Better Health of Maryland catalog. Your monthly supplies can be ordered in person at your local CVS pharmacy, online or by phone. When you order online or by phone, your supplies are mailed right to your home. You can use this link to place an order.
Adult Dental Coverage - On January 1, 2023, the Maryland Healthy Smiles Dental Program will cover a wide range of dental services for adults 21 and over.
You can view local resources available at no cost for Loneliness and Isolation.
Puppets educate families about Maryland’s secondhand smoking law (PDF)
Aetna Better Health of Maryland provides help for the HopeFul (PDF)
Events
Learn more about our events coming soon to your area.
Back to School Survival: A Guide to Children’s Mental Wellbeing. Join Us for a FREE Community education session to learn about supporting your children’s mental wellbeing as they go back to school. Please click here to see the scheduled event.
Mobile health and wellness RV
When it comes to your health, we want to meet you where you are. That’s why we bring Cora, our mobile health and wellness RV, to you and your community.
Come check out Cora and you can learn healthy tips, like how to:
- Eat healthy on a budget
- Set goals and achieve them
- Stay more active
You’ll also enjoy healthy and fun activities like:
- A smoothie bar
- Games and fitness challenges
- Health screenings (body mass index (BMI) screening, for example)
You can check out Cora at one of our community events. Cora will be visiting community centers, health fairs and festivals across Maryland when it is safe to do so.
Newsletters
- Spring 2024 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Winter 2023 newsletter — English (PDF)
- Fall 2023 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Spring 2023 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Winter 2022 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Summer 2022 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Spring 2022 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Winter 2021 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Fall 2021 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Summer 2021 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Spring 2021 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Fall 2020 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Summer 2020 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Spring 2020 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Fall 2019 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Summer 2019 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Winter 2018 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Fall 2018 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Summer 2018 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
- Spring 2018 newsletter — English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)