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April 6, 2021 at 2:49 pm Exclusive Interview with MariMed President and CEO Bob Fireman “Bigger doesn’t mean better,” according to MariMed (OTCQX: MRMD) President and CEO Bob Fireman. Cannabis MSO MariMed doesn’t have the footprint of some of its peers, but it is profitable and looking to grow. Fireman spoke with New Cannabis Ventures about the company’s current market presence, interest in M&A and bringing more attention to the company. The audio of the entire conversation is av...

Are uninsured than yesterday because of this law. on one side of the ledger, six million cancellations so far. youve heard about them. and many more people who have what are called mini med plans, those are going to be illegal now too. on the other side of the ledger 800,000 signed up for medicaid -- theyre covered -- and two million supposedly enrolled in private health plans opbd exchanges. but some of those people havent actually paid their premiums. >> they need to check to see if theyre enr...

Think this is. martha: the administration says this applies to the mini med plans. there are lots of workers in restaurants and hotels who have a mini med plan which is sort of like a health insurance light kind of program and it doesnt cover a lot. it gives people a minimum coverage of what they feel they need. those plans dont meet the requirements that you now in place, so instead of those people losing any bit of coverage that they might have at this point they are saying, lets have a waiver...

To secretary sebelius of the health and human services department and he is also on the house oversight committee. congressman, thank you very much for being here. so what leads you to believe that just because theyre giving waivers to some but not others it may be political? >> well, we dont know. thats the purpose of oversight, isnt it? there are at least three levels of inquiries that i think are appropriate: number one, what is the statutory authority for the secretary to grant waivers, peri...