U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Democratic leaders have sent letters to three major drug manufacturers demanding an explanation for the skyrocketing price of insulin. The E&C Committee has jurisdiction over the 340B program and plays an instrumental role on
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North Carolina lawmakers are debating whether to grant all 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies, or only some, protection against discrimination by pharmacy benefit managers.
Last week Thursday, state House and Senate leaders appointed members to a conference committee
…President Biden this morning called on Congress to let Medicare negotiate drug prices and penalize drug companies that raise their prices faster than inflation.
Biden said lawmakers should establish a firm cap on the amount that Medicare beneficiaries have to
…The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 69-30 to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes two drug pricing provisions, neither directly 340B-related. The bill now moves to the U.S. House, which is on a seven-week summer break. The $1 trillion
…Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is pushing for passage of a package of 13 “Less for Rx” bills to control prescription drug costs, including one to eliminate payer and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against certain 340B covered entities.
The
…U.S. Reps. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Abigail Spanberger’s (D-Va.) bipartisan PROTECT 340B Act (H.R. 4390) can “resolve two of the most intractable challenges in the 340B program in one fell swoop” while satisfying both covered entities and drug manufacturers, 340B
…340B covered entities dodged a bullet Sunday when U.S. Senate negotiators released the text of a $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure-spending bill. It did not contain Medicaid managed care “spread pricing” language that entities have been fending off since 2019. Entities
…A new federal law to help financially distressed rural hospitals stay open in a reduced capacity would not preserve the hospitals’ eligibility for 340B drug discounts.
Federal spending legislation that President Trump signed into law last Dec. 27 included a
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