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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) asked a witness during a hearing if she was open to 340B reforms to ensure that 340B savings “are not going to build a chandelier in a hospital et cetera.”

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340B Raised Often During Senate Hearing on Community Health Centers

The 340B program—and whether it needs change, protection, or both—came up often today during a U.S. Senate hearing on federal funding of community health centers.

The bulk of health centers’ federal grant funding—about $5.8 billion annually from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s Community Health Center Fund—will expire if not reauthorized by Sept. 30. This morning’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing focused mostly on the fund and other health center funding streams. Health centers’ 340B revenues, drug manufacturer and pharmacy benefit manager threats to those savings, and health centers’ uniqueness among 340B covered entities were part of the conversation.

The 340B program—and whether it needs change, protection, or both—came up often today during a U.S. Senate hearing on federal funding of community health centers.

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