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Drug Industry-Backed AIDS Group Targets 340B in New Ad Campaign

May 20, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

ADAP Advocacy, a drug industry funded group, recently released a minute-long ad that argues 340B unduly benefits providers and could be rife with “fraud, waste and abuse.”

A pharmaceutical industry-funded HIV/AIDS advocacy group is taking aim at the 340B program—questioning if it’s “too big to fail”—in a [...]

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Federal Judge Upholds HHS’ Right to Pre-Approve 340B Rebates, Tosses Four of Five Drugmaker Lawsuits

May 16, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Judge Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia largely sided with HHS and against the drug industry in multiple 340B rebate lawsuits.

A federal district judge has upheld the federal government’s authority to require agency approval of drugmaker 340B rebate models, dealing [...]

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Mixed Responses So Far to RFK Jr.’s Comments on 340B Program from 340B Provider Groups

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B advocates offered tepid responses to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first public remarks on the 340B program on Wednesday.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first public remarks on the 340B program—which 340B Report broke [...]

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AHA Urges RFK Jr. to Reject 340B Rebate Models as HHS Prepares Guidance

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young and William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The American Hospital Association urged HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a May 9 letter to reject drugmakers’ efforts to impose 340B rebate models.

A key hospital group recently urged Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reject drugmaker 340B [...]

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House E&C Committee Advances Reconciliation Budget’s Health Provisions Along Party Lines after 24-Plus Hours of Contentious Debate

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the reconciliation budget’s health portion on a 30 to 24 Wednesday vote on party lines.

A key U.S. House Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to approve the GOP’s wide-ranging health care reconciliation budget provisions—some [...]

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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Weighs in on 340B Program Publicly for 1st Time

May 14, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS Secretary. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told House lawmakers Wednesday that he could not confirm reports that HHS is seeking to shift 340B to CMS due to a “court order."

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provided his first public remarks on the 340B program Wednesday [...]

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House E&C Committee to Take Up Budget Reconciliation Bill’s Proposed PBM Accountability, Spread Pricing Provisions

May 13, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The House Energy & Commerce Committee will mark up the health provisions included in the GOP-backed budget reconciliation bill Tuesday.

A key U.S. House Committee today will take up the health spending portions of a GOP-backed budget reconciliation plan, which [...]

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Key House Republican and Vocal 340B Critic Launches 2026 U.S. Senate Bid

May 13, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.), a pharmacist who has repeatedly criticized the 340B program, announced he is running for U.S. Senate in 2026.

U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.), a longtime 340B critic, is running for U.S. Senate in 2026—a move that could [...]

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Trump Signs Executive Order to Impose ‘Most-Favored Nation’ Drug Pricing Model, Unlike April EO, 340B Implications Unclear

May 12, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing his administration Monday to establish a “most-favored nation” model for prescription drugs.

President Donald Trump directed his administration Monday to use its trade, regulatory and enforcement powers to establish a “most-favored nation” [...]

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Drug Industry Advocates Say 340B Providers Would be Unintended Beneficiaries in Effort to Kill Trump Proposed Medicaid Pricing Proposal

May 8, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A California think tank and drug industry advocates penned new op-eds warning against the possible 340B impacts of President Donald Trump's Medicaid drug pricing proposal.

A California think tank, and an influential drug industry trade group that funds it, are raising concerns that President Donald [...]

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Mixed Responses So Far to RFK Jr.’s Comments on 340B Program from 340B Provider Groups

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AHA Urges RFK Jr. to Reject 340B Rebate Models as HHS Prepares Guidance

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House E&C Committee Advances Reconciliation Budget’s Health Provisions Along Party Lines after 24-Plus Hours of Contentious Debate

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Key House Republican and Vocal 340B Critic Launches 2026 U.S. Senate Bid

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Drug Industry Advocates Say 340B Providers Would be Unintended Beneficiaries in Effort to Kill Trump Proposed Medicaid Pricing Proposal

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