Oct 30, 2024 – close these hospitals are to financial collapse.For many of these hospitals, the only lifeline has been a federal program called 340B … If they succeed, hospitals may face closure—and rural communities will suffer the most.What Is 340B, and Why Does Big Pharma Want It … The 340B program has done exactly that—and it hasn't cost taxpayers a dime.…

Sep 28, 2024 – debate is a bipartisan group of senators, informally dubbed the "Gang of Six," who are quietly working on potential changes to the 340B … Stabenow (MI), Ben Cardin (MD), and Tammy Baldwin (WI), in tackling the future of this crucial program.For those unfamiliar, the 340B … Across the country, rural hospitals are struggling to keep their doors open, and the 340B program is a lifeline.…

Sep 25, 2024 – obvious reason that I live here and host a radio show here, it’s one of the states that has passed state-level protection of the 340B … A bill he introduced in 2018 would have banned new enrollments by hospitals in 340B for two years, flat out. … These restrictions limit covered entities’ ability to dispense 340B drugs from more than one contract pharmacy.…

Aug 10, 2024 – Josh Hawley, Ashcroft-- the other "biggest name" contender called for outright “repeal[ing]” the 340B drug discount program that benefits … neutral among three Republican candidates.Earlier this year, Missouri legislators overwhelmingly passed legislation to protect the 340B … style Republicans might point to, rural, working-class Americans—often derided as “Trumpers”— disproportionately benefit from 340B…

Jul 3, 2024 – readiness" presumably for bipartisan-friendly branding purposes), PhRMA's second-biggest lobbying priority remains killing off the 340B … Specifically, the Gang of Six, which includes Republican Senators Thune, Moran, and Moore Capito (two of whose states have moved to protect 340B … worth bearing in mind that big lobbying figure, as well as Big Pharma's geographic footprint and where states have moved to protect 340B…

Apr 19, 2024 – to protect rural citizens against corporations attempting to skirt federal rules.Mississippi recently passed a law enforcing rule 340b … Tate Reeves (R) signed into law today a bill to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions and certain 340B-specific pharmacy … The law, which prohibits drug manufacturers from restricting 340B drug access to contract pharmacies of any type of covered entity…

Feb 22, 2024 – Second, as a doctor, Cassidy actually used to work for a 340B entity (Earl K. … Long Medical Center; you can see it benefited from 340B here). … Third, the people really focused on tearing down 340B are pharmaceutical companies.…

Jan 19, 2024 – You have the no-cost-to-taxpayers 340B drug discount program that provides discounted medications mostly in rural (ahem, red) areas…

Nov 29, 2023 – Their top policy priority, based on their own website, is gutting the 340B drug discount program I've written about here, which deep…

Sep 20, 2023 – But AstraZeneca isn’t alone in cracking down on drugs sold under the 340B program. … AZ, Eli Lilly, Novartis and Sanofi to comply with 340B requirements. … The group alleges the companies “flouted the 340B statute and regulation by openly refusing to sell 340B discounted drugs to covered…

Apr 23, 2021 – introduced legislation to limit the orphan drug exclusion to a drug’s orphan purpose and allow rural and cancer hospitals to access 340B…

Feb 14, 2017 – Price is known in health care circles to be an ardent defender of the 340B drug discount program, which at no taxpayer cost essentially … Manchin has supported 340B, albeit perhaps the most notable example of that came before the industry started waging an all-out war … Notably, 340B is one thing that has blocked Mylan making even more out of its EpiPen price hikes, because the program does cover EpiPens…

Apr 14, 2020 – One of the major lifelines to rural hospitals on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis is something called the 340B drug discount … The legislation “pauses eligibility determinations for the 340B drug discount program for FY 2020 and FY 2021.” … Nonetheless, given who controls the White House and the Senate, and given how 340B and 340B hospitals really benefit the rural Americans…

Oct 20, 2022 – Grassley has also been a staunch supporter of the 340B drug discount program which essentially requires drug companies making money … companies accountable where they have been limiting those discounts in order to boost profit margins and stop them from doing it. 340B…

Jun 22, 2021 – The companies in question are now ignoring the ceiling prices that were originally established under rule 340b in what appears to be … One rural hospital shut down its ER because of the 340b rule change being suspended.…

Aug 10, 2021 – Under the Trump administration, a measure known as rule 340b actively sought to bring drugs to rural health providers at lower costs … rate under the 340b program. … Rule 340b is one of those things you actually love to see.…

Sep 17, 2021 – This pattern applied with these 340B discounted sales: According to this new report, Lilly started cutting off 340B discounts in July…

Apr 17, 2023 – in Northeastern blue states have started to dabble in doing a little of Big Pharma’s bidding on a major priority: Paring back the 340B … These patients disproportionately rely on the 340B program, and they will be hurt by this move. … It would mandate that 340B hospitals file annual reports breaking down 340B drug discount program savings and requiring a bunch of…

Nov 22, 2022 – I’ve written a few times on the federal 340b drug program, and Big Pharma’s constant attempts to refuse to provide drug discounts … I readily admit that 340b is not one of those high-profile, red-meat topics.…

Jan 17, 2023 – The only real checks against this seem to be Mark Cuban (and his Cost Plus Drugs), GoodRX, and the 340B drug discount program, which…

Feb 28, 2023 – be succeeding in getting some Democrats to dabble in doing a little of Big Pharma’s bidding on a major priority: Paring back the 340B … Ned Lamont has filed his own bill, as the governor, to increase administrative burdens on 340B providers in one of the key ways Big … The ostensible goal of making facilities file annual reports disclosing 340B drug revenues and detailing how they use money banked…

Nov 24, 2021 – require them to provide discounted drugs to certain health care entities, many of them in rural areas, covered by something called the 340b … “The status quo is not sustainable, so if confirmed what additional steps could HHS take to protect the [340b] program?…

Oct 27, 2023 – Big Pharma has been working overtime nationwide anywhere they can in order to destroy the 340B drug discount program as we know it … filed a lawsuit Friday in Louisiana Western District Court challenging a state statute regulating the administration of the federal 340B…

Jan 25, 2022 – Trump who made drug pricing a big issue in his 2016 campaign and subsequent administration or trying to eliminate or curtail the 340B…

May 12, 2023 – Andrew Cuomo that would have the state government take over all drug purchasing and suspend 340b. … against hospitals that participate in the 340b program. … to deny 340b hospitals the full reimbursement for the medications they prescribe.…