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340B Drug Pricing Program
AHA responds to latest effort by pharmaceutical industry to disparage 340B program
A report paid for by a group backed by the pharmaceutical industry is the latest in a series of attempts to misrepresent a program that has a proven track record of helping poor patients and vulnerable communities.
340B Drug Pricing Program
Setting the Record Straight on 340B
A new report ;by the Berkley Research Group (BRG) is the latest attempt by the pharmaceutical industry to disparage a program with a proven track record of helping poor patients and vulnerable communities.
340B Drug Pricing Program
Health Affairs Study Gets It Wrong on 340B: Hospitals Use the Program to Help Vulnerable Patients and Communities
The 340B program accounts for only two percent of the $325 billion in annual drug purchases made in the U.S., or roughly $6.5 billion. Hospitals participating in the 340B program provided $28.4 billion in uncompensated care in 2012; in other words, four times the drug purchase amount.