During Shark Week, New Ad Campaign Urges Congress to “Stop the Feeding Frenzy” on 340B Drug Pricing Program
2024年7月9日 - 3:53AM
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Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
launches effort urging Congress to address 340B reform promptly and
responsibly to ensure greater accountability in the program
Today, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW)
launched a national multi-media campaign calling on Congress to
reform the 340B Drug Pricing Program. CCAGW is urging lawmakers to
prioritize bringing greater transparency and accountability to the
program, which special interests have exploited by pocketing drug
discounts meant for vulnerable patients. The campaign focuses on
widespread abuses in the program and outlines what Congress needs
to do to ensure greater accountability and transparency, including
strongly defining what constitutes a 340B patient.
“340B program costs have increased substantially over the past
10 years, and it’s time for Congress to adopt reforms that will
finally serve the patients and communities that need it most,” said
Tom Schatz, President, Council for Citizens Against Government
Waste. “Since its inception in 1992, the 340B Drug Pricing
Program’s mission has been to provide affordable medications to
those most in need, but a lack of transparency and accountability
has instead allowed special interests to circle like sharks in a
feeding frenzy to line their own pockets.”
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campaign and to view the ads. Click HERE for more
information on how to enhance accountability and transparency in
the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Under 340B, which is the second-largest federal prescription
drug program, safety-net hospitals and health care providers are
expanding the scope of the program beyond what was originally
intended by Congress and are doing so in a manner that does not
benefit patients. Congress must act to reform the 340B Program to
deliver savings to the patients and communities it was designed to
serve. CCAGW remains committed to prioritizing reforms that improve
patient access while ensuring proper accountability and
transparency of this critical program.
CCAGW is a nonprofit organization that engages in lobbying and
grassroots activities to eliminate waste, fraud, abuse, and
mismanagement in government.
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Deborah Collier dcollier@cagw.org