Category: Legislative

A bipartisan group of six U.S. senators on Tuesday reintroduced legislation from the last session of Congress to protect hospitals from losing eligibility for 340B drug discounts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Five of the six types of hospitals that can

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has scheduled a hearing next Tuesday of the U.S. Senate health subcommittee he chairs on why the United States pays the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and

The U.S. House on Wednesday passed and sent to President Biden a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief and economic recovery bill with provisions affecting the 340B program and its participants. Biden will sign the bill at the White House tomorrow.

The

The U.S. Senate voted 50 to 49 along party lines early Saturday morning to approve an amended version of the House’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. According to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) office, the House could vote on

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee yesterday split 14-14 along party lines on whether to favorably report California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s nomination to serve as U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary to the full Senate.

There is a 50-50

In a concession to drug companies, Senate Democrats reportedly have agreed to delay by one year—from Jan. 1, 2023 to Jan. 1, 2024—the effective date of language in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that might lead to 340B ceiling

Two hundred and twenty six U.S. House members—173 Democrats and 57 Republicans—have signed a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Norris Cochran asking him “to take immediate action to ensure that manufacturers are prohibited from imposing