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@minnpost’s deep dive into 340B makes one thing clear: a program that was supposed to help vulnerable patients has become a massive, opaque revenue stream for hospitals, pharmacies, and middlemen - while patients are still left wondering where

A federal judge in North Dakota recently blocked a state 340B law and wrote that the program is being abused to create a “windfall to hospital conglomerates and participating pharmacies” - not relief for patients.

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Leslie Herod, Executive Director of CHAIN, said it plainly in the CT Examiner: Connecticut consumers deserve better than more 340B abuse.

SB 494 would move the state in the wrong direction by expanding 340B-related provisions that Leslie argues cou

Colorado patients deserve lower drug costs and reliable access to the medicines they need to stay alive. But as CHAIN Executive Director @leslieherod writes in Colorado Politics, the Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) has delivered zero sav

At a recent Connecticut committee hearing, a UConn Health executive said the quiet part out loud - confirming what many have long suspected: hospitals are not using the 340B program the way the public was promised.

340B was supposed to help vulnerab

Health care costs in Connecticut keep rising - and SB 494 would make things worse. As Connecticut Senator Somers writes in her recent op-ed, this bill would move the state in the wrong direction. Instead of lowering costs for patients, SB 494 would p

No one should have their wages garnished because they had a medical emergency. Colorado’s HB26-1267 would have strengthened protections for patients by requiring notice, screening for discounted care or public coverage, and reasonable payment p

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