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In the 340B program, drug manufacturers provide medications at steep discounts, with the intent of those discounts being passed along to the patient. But a clear lack of transparency has resulted in 340B hospitals and contract chain pharmacies like our local CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart to use funds for their own benefit.

AIR340B’s comments and recommendations are chiefly concerned with identifying areas in which the program can be improved to achieve its purpose – to increase access to discounted medicines to safety-net providers who treat needy patients. This includes clearly defining the eligibility of a 340B patient and addressing 340B-driven hospital consolidation, restricting contract pharmacy arrangements, and establishing clear reporting requirements for disproportionate share (DSH) hospitals.

Federally qualified health centers help Merced patients with medication costs

WASHINGTON – The Alliance for Integrity and Reform of 340B (AIR340B) released an updated report, “The Impact of Growth in 340B Contract Pharmacy Arrangements – Six Years Later,” which highlights the increasing concerns being raised regarding the role contract pharmacies play in the 340B Drug Discount Program.

Citizens Against Government Waste has been critical of the 340B drug discount program for several years and has called for it be reformed.

COVID-19 has swept through the United States, leaving death and devastation in its wake and preying on vulnerable populations the most.

In searching for answers to why drug costs are high, we only need look at problems our own government has created.

One of my top priorities when I represented Illinois’ 10th Congressional District was making sure government programs – like 340B – reached the people that needed help most.