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The 340B windfall that misses patients

Congress created the 340B drug discount program in 1992 with a simple premise: allow hospitals and federal grantees serving a ...
The 340B drug pricing program is complicated. A clinic leader and a hospital said that’s making it easy for there to be misunderstandings about if the savings are being passed onto the patient.
The 340B drug plan language that was recently added into Senate Bill 494 risks increasing costs for the very patients it ...
The American Hospital Association has called on federal regulators to intervene after Eli Lilly sent warning letters to 340B hospitals threatening to cut off discounted drug pricing unless they submit ...
Most government support programs provide benefits directly to people, whether it is SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program), TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), or housing ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program has become a central force in the U.S. drug market, allowing certain hospitals and clinics to ...
In what is being touted as a significant win for pharmaceutical drug manufacturers, the DC Circuit affirmed on May 21, 2024 that Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act does not categorically ...
PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- An Onaway clinic hosted lawmakers on Friday, May 1 to discuss an increasing ...
The 340B program is criticized for generating revenue rather than solely aiding underinsured patients, impacting community providers and Medicare patients. Pharmaceutical companies face challenges ...
Despite dramatic expansion over the past 34 years, many rural and underserved hospitals continue to face significant ...