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Sinai Chicago serves an area including 1.5 million people on Chicago’s West and Southwest sides, where poverty rates range from 30%-50%. As the state’s largest private safety net provider, Sinai considers the federal 340B drug discount program a “safety net in and of itself.” With 340B savings, it has provided patients with free or deeply discounted medications, and it has invested in specialty clinics and medication management services.
Yet, drugmakers restrictions on hospitals have reduced their ability to expand access to care and new healthcare services—counter to the 340B program’s intent. The 340B program requires drugmakers participating in Medicaid to discount outpatient medications to healthcare providers caring for uninsured and low-income patients. One glaring restriction, Sinai noted, is limiting where patients can get discounted drugs. In some instances, hospitals are only allowed to contract with one pharmacy for an entire community.
“Such a policy does not ensure access to essential drugs for a patient population like the one Sinai serves,” the hospital said. “The threat and fear of 340B program reductions can prevent planned extensions of care and new programs in clinical areas greatly needed in our community that would not otherwise have access to care.”
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Monday, May 12, 25 @ 9:34 am
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