A second Republican 340B-related amendment, regarding what covered entities could charge patients for insulin, was offered and then tabled in the U.S. Senate late last week to a budget bill linked to Democrats’ forthcoming COVID-19 relief package.
Sen. Kevin Cramer’s (R-N.D.) amendment would have let the Senate Budget Committee add to the budget reconciliation bill then on the floor language “relating to ensuring affordable access to life-saving medications for patients with diabetes, which may include requiring covered entities participating” in the 340B program “to pass savings on insulin directly to patients.”
A second Republican 340B-related amendment, regarding what covered entities could charge patients for insulin, was offered and then tabled in the U.S. Senate late last week to a budget bill linked to Democrats’ forthcoming COVID-19 relief package.
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