Large, tax-exempt hospitals are capturing billions of dollars in profit from a little-known federal program called 340B at the expense of patients by drastically marking up the cost of medicines. This abuse is driving up costs for Pennsylvania patients, taxpayers and employers.
Join us today and send a letter to your legislator urging them to protect Pennsylvania patients and stop letting big, tax-exempt hospitals cash in on the 340B hospital markup program.
Dear PA Legislators,
As your constituent, I urge you to protect Pennsylvania patients and reject legislation that would allow the federal 340B program to continue expanding without transparency or accountability.
Large, tax-exempt 340B hospitals in Pennsylvania are abusing the 340B program at the expense of patients, drastically marking up the cost of medicines by as much as 1,000% or more. This abuse is driving up costs for patients, taxpayers and employers.
While hospitals continue to profit at a cost to us all, without transparency or guardrails on how hospitals use 340B profits, the money isn't helping vulnerable patients access medicines. Instead, 340B hospitals are keeping the discounts and enriching themselves.
Allowing the 340B program to continue growing larger with no transparency or accountability measures would only allow big, tax-exempt hospitals, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and the national, for-profit chain pharmacies they work with to continue siphoning profits from the program.
In the interest of Pennsylvania patients, I urge you to ensure 340B hospitals are not empowered to continue abusing the program for profit and marking up the cost of medications at the expense of us all.
Thank you for your leadership and attention to this critical patient issue.
Sincerely,
