PhRMA: Providers Use 340B as “Slush Fund”
The 340B program “attracts hospitals, clinics and for-profit pharmacies because it is easy for them to use the program as a slush fund to benefit their bottom lines, diverting money that could be used to help patients get better care and afford their medicines,” Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Senior Director of Public Affairs Nicole Longo wrote yesterday in the association’s blog.