Eeek! It’s time for the Drug Channels Halloween roundup of terrifying tales from the dark corners of the healthcare system. Gather your favorite demon hunters and help maintain the Honmoon. This month’s tricks and treats include: Vampiric! How vertically integrated insurers can drain the lifeblood from the U.S. healthcare system Boo! Chilling stories of the shady alternate funding programs that haunt patients Creepy! Why the Part D market is headed for an early grave Grotesque! The monst...| Drug Channels
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing is Next Step for 340B Reform The […]| Citizens Against Government Waste
The 340B Drug Discount Program was given the laudable goal of helping federally funded clinics and public hospitals that serve a large uninsured population cover the cost of drugs and provide discounts to patients. However, like many other well-intended federal programs 340B has gone off the rails due to the lack of clear intent and […]| Citizens Against Government Waste
This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I put the finishing touches on DCI’s 2025-26 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors. Click here to see the original post from June 2025. --- The 340B Drug Pricing Program has emerged as a growing source of profits for pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Drug Channels Institute’s latest exclusive analysis of the 2025 market reveals a highly concentrated market structure increasingly dominated...| Drug Channels
The establishment of well-intentioned programs that fail to achieve their objectives and waste taxpayer dollars is an unfortunately frequent occurrence in the| Citizens Against Government Waste
The CBO report should spur lawmakers to make long overdue reforms to the 340B program, including a clear patient definition.| Citizens Against Government Waste
On January 20, a new administration began addressing our nation’s pressing problems, including health care costs. Drug costs are unaffordable for many, especially those in small communities with limited access to medical care. Working-class families understandably feel powerless against big, profit-hungry pharmaceutical corporations. They are often forced to decide between taking needed medications or paying […]| The Hayride
In their ongoing quest to lower prescription drug prices, some states are forcing drugmakers to continue to sell cheaper medications to thousands of pharmacies through a federal drug-discount program.| Stateline
