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Thanks to 340B, last year nearly 1,000 uninsured patients at Sinai Chicago were able to access needed medications they wouldn’t have otherwise been able to afford. The health system serves Chicago’s west and southwest sides, where the rates of chronic disease are high and many patients receive charity care.

“For safety net hospitals like ours, 340B is really about access,” said Mount Sinai Hospital President Sameer Shah, PharmD. “It helps keep clinics open, maintain pharmacy access and ensure patients stay on their medications.”

At Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago—where 60% of the patients come from low-income families covered by Medicaid—infants with rare neuromuscular disorders can access gene therapies otherwise out of reach. Kristen Alianello, Lurie Children’s neuromuscular nurse coordinator, said: “The 340B program is so important, especially in our organization and with our patient population of spinal muscular atrophy,”

340B hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers across Illinois pass on drug discounts to patients and invest 340B savings into providing comprehensive healthcare services for low-income patients, including free health screenings, mobile clinics and new freestanding clinics, free transportation to medical appointments, expanded cancer care, diabetes self-management programs, and more.

Stand with patients, hospitals and FQHCs: Pass House Bill 2371 SA 2 to protect 340B in Illinois. Learn more.