Category: Legislative

Senate HELP Committee Chairman Again Criticizes 340B Hospitals and Calls for Reforms at Hearing

August 5, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Senate HELP Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) pointed to 340B program reforms as one potential way to address health care costs at a July 31 hearing.

A key Senate Republican and outspoken 340B critic recently argued that any comprehensive efforts to address healthcare affordability in Congress [...]

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AbbVie, Novartis Sue Oregon Over New 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

August 5, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Drugmakers AbbVie and Novartis recently filed separate federal lawsuits challenging Oregon's new 340B contract pharmacy access law.

AbbVie and Novartis recently became the first drugmakers to file lawsuits challenging Oregon’s new law prohibiting 340B contract pharmacy restrictions. [...]

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Dark Money Group’s Survey Claims GOP Primary Voters Oppose State Contract Pharmacy Access Laws

July 31, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Dark money group Building America’s Future said it surveyed more than 1,000 likely GOP primary voters on their support for “expanding” the 340B program by states passing contract pharmacy access bills.

The dark money group behind a campaign targeting GOP-led states’ recent efforts to enact 340B contract pharmacy access laws released [...]

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Record Turnout for Fourth Annual ‘Defend 340B’ March on Capitol Hill

July 24, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B advocates marched on Capitol Hill to "defend 340B" for the fourth straight summer. (Credit: Community Voices for 340B)

Nearly 80 advocates marched toward Capitol Hill yesterday in a record turnout for the fourth annual “Defend 340B March” in [...]

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Budget Reconciliation’s Effects Could Shape Efforts to Reform 340B, Policy Experts Say at 340B Coalition Conference

July 24, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Tom O’Donnell (left) and Michael McCaughan (right) speak at the 340B Coalition Summer Conference in National Harbor, Md.

The debate over federal drug pricing reform could garner newfound attention on Capitol Hill now that Congress has wrapped up [...]

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Analysis: How Medicaid Cuts in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Push Certain Hospitals Out of 340B and the Importance of Planning Ahead

July 24, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Experts warn that recently enacted Medicaid cuts could jeopardize some hospitals' 340B eligibility.

Although President Donald Trump’s nearly 900-page “big beautiful bill” never mentions the 340B program, experts warn that the new law’s [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Roundup: Updates in Colorado, Nebraska

July 24, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Key briefs were filed in Colorado and Nebraska in ongoing state 340B contract pharmacy litigation.

Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws, 340B [...]

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Matsui, Welch Reintroduce 340B PATIENTS Act in Congress During 340B Coalition Summer Conference

July 22, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) and U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) reintroduced the 340B PATIENTS Act during the 340B Coalition annual summer conference.

The two congressional Democrats behind the 340B PATIENTS Act—a 2024 federal bill that would’ve codified providers’ ability to use 340B [...]

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340B PATIENTS Act Reintroduction Expected Soon, Hospital Trade Group Challenges Drug Industry Criticisms

July 22, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B Health President and CEO Maureen Testoni speaks at the 340B Coalition's Summer Conference in National Harbor, Md. on Monday.

The leader of a major 340B hospital trade group heralded the forthcoming reintroduction of a federal bill that would codify [...]

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Advocates Warn New CMS Proposed Rule Could Hurt 340B Program, Be ‘First Step Towards Payment Cuts’

July 17, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Hospital groups and other 340B backers condemned proposals, which CMS included in its 900-plus page draft hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center rule released this week.

340B hospital advocates are raising concerns that a new Trump administration proposal to accelerate hospital outpatient payment cuts to offset [...]

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