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Drugmakers Work to Undermine Drug Pricing Laws

Source: Real Clear Health

There is near-universal consensus that most prescription drug prices are too high…Congress will need to act to restore 340B … and make clear that drug companies cannot selectively set their own rules for how they comply with the law.

Bridging The Rural HealthCare Gap: The 340B Program

Source: Health Affairs

Rural communities face challenges in accessing health care, but the safeguards for rural health care stand on precarious ground. The role of the 340B Drug Pricing Program is essential in ensuring equitable health care access. It is imperative to spotlight programs that have a tangible impact on countless lives.

Black Pharmacists Stand as Advocates in Support of 340B Access to Care

Source: L.A. Sentinel

We are deeply concerned about recent efforts to restrict and undermine the sanctity and integrity of the 340B Drug Pricing program (340B). The 340B program is necessary for qualified hospitals and covered entities to provide low-cost…

Rural hospitals rely on the 340B drug pricing program

Source: Missouri Independent

Without the 340B program, it would be extremely challenging, if not impossible, to continue providing oncology services at scale—which could force GVMH to reduce these services, threatening access to critical care for many rural cancer patients.

Opinion: Washington Must Not Worsen Healthcare Affordability For Rural Americans

Source: Missouri Times

…the free and discounted drugs and greater access to charity care the 340B program provides is invaluable. The program, which operates at no cost to American taxpayers and accounts for a mere 3.6% of the total drug market, punches far above its weight.

The future of the 340B drug pricing program

Source: Healthcare Brew

Healthcare is full of complicated jargon, and while “340B” may sound like just another boring, inconsequential healthcare term, the 340B drug pricing program actually plays a critical role in making healthcare accessible for low-income and uninsured patients.

COOTS: Holy Cross Health, Maryland, Laser-Focused on Achieving Health Equity Through 340B Drug Discounts

Source: Missouri Times

Many of the patients we serve live with low incomes and experience the impact of poverty, which is why Holy Cross Health receives discounts on medicine from pharmaceutical manufacturers through a federal initiative known as the “340B drug discount program.”

30 Years Of 340B: Preserving The Health Care Safety Net

Source: Healthcare Brew

Published research shows us that 340B continues to provide critical resources to hospitals that make up the nation’s health care safety net. In fiscal year 2020, for example, 340B DSH hospitals provided 67 percent of all uncompensated and unreimbursed hospital care in the US, despite representing only 40 percent of all hospitals