The number of 340B providers has grown from about 10,000 to 66,000 in the past 15 years, while the number of contract pharmacies increased from 1,300 to 253,000 over the same time. The dramatic growth ...
Reforming the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program is a fast and efficient way to reduce drug costs and protect patients. These days, some 340B hospitals are taking advantage of low-income and uninsured ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was designed to help safety net providers serve low-income patients, but it has since ballooned into a multibillion-dollar system dominated by large health systems — with ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was created to help low-income patients access medications at reduced costs. Ryan Augsburger argues that expanding the program could increase costs for employers and ...
Lawmakers impatient with the lack of progress on a key health care issue — the long-debated need for changes to what’s known as the 340B drug pricing program — say they are closing in on legislation ...
Having served in both state and federal government, I know it is far too rare for elected officials to stand up to special interests with appropriate skepticism. That is why Michigan's House Speaker ...
Ryan Long, the co-author of a recent USC Schaeffer Center white paper on the 340B Drug Pricing Program, argues that meaningful reform requires shifting to a direct subsidy model based on need. The ...
LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - With healthcare concerns growing from Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire by 2026, health centers that provide services to low-income families are especially at ...
Too many hospitals take advantage of 340B, intended to make medications affordable for low-income patients. A New York proposal would make things worse. Credit: Getty Images. Millions of New Yorkers ...