By 340B Matters The drug industry has an army of public relations suits busy spinning the world as Big Pharma sees it. Don’t be a patsy for one of its biggest and most repeated lies: The 340B Drug Discount Program was originally intended as a direct...
By 340B Matters Six huge pharmaceutical companies are breaking the law, denying safety-net hospitals and clinics lower-priced medications required by the federal 340B Drug Discount Program. Meanwhile, they’ve reaped the benefits of participation in 340B, selling $52 billion in drugs to the Medicaid and Medicare Part...
By 340B Matters Dear Secretary Becerra, Congratulations on your confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. You take the reins of the department during a national healthcare crisis. While your days will be hectic and full of enormous challenges and opportunities, preserving and...
By 340B Matters 2020 was a difficult year for America’s healthcare first responders. But even during the worst health crisis of our lifetime, they never hesitated to put their own lives at risk to save others. With every new case they persevered, even as their workforce...
By 340B Matters Sometimes the best course of action is to do nothing. In the case of the 340B Drug Discount Program, the vast majority of pharmaceutical companies have chosen just that. These manufacturers deserve credit for doing the right thing. So far, six drug companies have decided...
By 340B Matters Now is the time to stand up for your state’s healthcare first responders and safety-net providers under direct assault from Big Pharma’s attacks on the 340B Drug Discount Program. Other state leaders have risen to the occasion in the midst of the pandemic. Twenty-nine...
By 340B Matters The best solution to a national problem occasionally surfaces far from Washington, DC. After months of overcharges to safety-net healthcare providers during a national pandemic, a top Florida Medicaid official has called out a key drug company in a letter that is likely...
By 340B Matters America is in the grip of a massive pandemic surge. As healthcare first-responders struggle with the onslaught of sick patients, Big Pharma continues to undercut the resources of safety-net hospitals and clinics. The situation is dire. As of December 1st there were 13.6 million...
By 340B Matters America’s healthcare first responders are girding for the looming winter surge in the pandemic. Amid the stress and strain, the 340B Drug Discount Program is a lifeline that helps safety-net providers care for underserved patients across the country. Congress designed the 340B program nearly...
By 340B Matters Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) have asked stakeholders in the 340B Drug Discount Program to submit ideas on how it can be improved. It’s a request that both pharmaceutical manufacturers and safety-net healthcare providers should take seriously. With a few updates, the...
