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Five Drugmakers Exempt New States from 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

July 10, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

AbbVie was among five drugmakers to announce new state exemptions to their 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in early July.

Five major drugmakers recently announced new contract pharmacy restriction exemptions for 340B covered entities located in South Dakota and other [...]

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Providers Slam Newly Enacted GOP Budget Law Over Deep Medicaid Cuts

July 8, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

President Donald Trump on July 4 signed a reconciliation bill with controversial Medicaid cuts that providers strongly criticized.

Provider groups are sharply criticizing the newly enacted, GOP-backed budget reconciliation bill, warning that its more than $1 trillion in [...]

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California Senate Amends 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bill to Add Provider Reporting, Audit Requirements

July 8, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The California Senate Health Committee recently amended a 340B contract pharmacy access bill to add new audit and reporting requirements.

California state senators have amended new provider reporting and auditing requirements onto a bill barring drugmakers from placing 340B contract [...]

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Providers Condemn Reconciliation Bill’s Medicaid Cuts, Urge Lawmakers to Reject Ahead of Final House Vote

July 3, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Hospital and health center advocates cautioned that the “One Big Beautiful Bill” would have devastating effects on providers—many of whom already struggle with financial uncertainty—and the Medicaid patients they serve.

Hospital and health care provider advocates this week once again urged federal lawmakers to reject a controversial GOP-backed reconciliation plan [...]

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Rep. Buddy Carter to Step Down as House E&C Health Subcommittee Chair

July 3, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.) announced Wednesday that he was stepping down as chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee.

The head of a key U.S. House subcommittee that oversees 340B drug pricing program policy issues is leaving the chairmanship [...]

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Two Drugmakers Sue Oklahoma Over New 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

July 3, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Drugmakers AbbVie and Novartis each filed federal lawsuits challenging Oklahoma's 340B contract pharamcy access law.

Two large drug companies this week filed federal lawsuits seeking to strike down Oklahoma’s new law prohibiting drugmaker 340B contract [...]

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Ohio Becomes Ninth State to Enact 340B Provider Reporting Law

July 1, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) on June 30 endorsed a state budget bill that included 340B provider reporting requirements.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) last night endorsed a sweeping $60 billion budget bill with new 340B provider reporting requirements—but [...]

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Drug Industry Takes Aim at 340B Program’s Growth in Pair of Op-Eds

July 1, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

PhRMA President and CEO Steve Ubl and Joe Grogan, a former Trump assistant and director of the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, took aim at the 340B program in a pair of recent op-eds.

The head of an influential drug industry trade group and a former Trump administration official recently called for federal 340B [...]

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Rhode Island Gov. Signs 340B Contract Pharmacy Access, Provider Reporting Bills into Law

June 30, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Rhode Island Gov. Gov. Dan McKee (D) signed a pair of identical contract pharmacy access bills Friday that also established provider reporting requirements and addressed alleged pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and insurer discriminatory practices.

Rhode Island on Friday became the 21st state to enact 340B contract pharmacy protections as Gov. Dan McKee (D) signed [...]

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RFK Jr. Touts HHS Budget Plan, PBM Reform & Drug Pricing Efforts; Rep. Harshbarger Suggests 340B Contract Changes

June 26, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the U.S. House E&C Committee’s Health Subcommittee Tuesday on the president’s HHS budget.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week defended President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 proposed [...]

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