The 340b program has become a huge revenue generator for health systems, PBM’s, and other intermediaries.
Congress created the 340B Drug Pricing Program to help vulnerable patients access medicines at safety net facilities. Under the program, manufacturers are required to provide steep, mandatory discounts on outpatient medicines to certain safety net clinics and qualifying hospitals.
The following article illustrates another governmental program with both intended and unintended consequences.
https://www.drugchannels.net/2021/09/exclusive-340b-program-soared-to-38.html
Government mandated discounts are not always passed on to consumers. Intermediaries can profit by taking all or part of the discount.
WHAT IS THE 340b PROGRAM?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/340B_Drug_Pricing_Program
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