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Payments Group: Hawley-backed credit card bill ‘would force Americans’ credit cards to run on unknown, untested networks'

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Nov 4, 2024

A spokesman for the Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) said the proposed “Credit Card Competition Act” (CCCA), co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), would “force Americans’ credit cards to run on unknown, untested networks.”

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Rx drug spending up 19% through federal program that includes 69 Missouri hospitals

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Jun 19, 2024

Spending on prescription drugs purchased at participating health care providers through the federal 340b drug discount program increased 19% annually between 2010 and 2021.

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Missouri one of 30 states that allows copay accumulators

By Show-Me State Times News Service | May 21, 2024

Missouri is one of thirty states that allows copay accumulators.

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MO Health Group: ‘Growing concern’ savings from federal drug discount program not being passed to patients

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Apr 30, 2024

The executive director of Patients Come First - Missouri (PCF-MO) said there is “growing concern” that the 340b federal drug discount program isn’t passing along drug savings Missouri patients.

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Financial Researcher: Missourians could see increase in credit card fraud under Hawley's proposed credit card regulations

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Apr 25, 2024

Glenn Grossman, the director of research at financial advisory firm Cornerstone Advisors, said the pending federal “Credit Card Competition Act of 2023” (CCCA), co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), could lead to an increase in credit card fraud.

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Report: Missouri ranked No. 32 for per-capita credit card fraud reports in 2023

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Apr 22, 2024

Missouri ranked No. 32 in the country for per-capita credit card fraud reports in 2023.

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Finance Analyst: Hawley-sponsored credit card regulations are ‘bad policy’

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Apr 16, 2024

A national monetary and financial markets analyst said that credit card regulations sponsored by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo) are “bad policy” that will result in higher prices for consumers.

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Health Policy Analyst: ‘Lack of transparency and accountability’ in federal program that provides drug discounts to Missouri hospitals

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Apr 10, 2024

A national healthcare policy analyst said “we don’t actually know” if drug discounts are being passed to patients by Missouri hospitals participating in a federal drug discount program.

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MO Health Care Reform Group: Lack of transparency in 340b program is concerning

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Mar 26, 2024

Connie Farrow, executive director of Patients Come First-Missouri, said lack of transparency in the federal 340b health care program is a “known concern.”

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Director of Patients Come First Missouri: ‘Our healthcare system doesn’t work for Missouri patients and families’

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Mar 18, 2024

Connie Farrow, the executive director of newly-formed group, Patients Come First Missouri (PCF-MO), said that the “healthcare system doesn’t work for Missouri patients and families.”

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Until Missouri congressman's bill to ban ‘Quality-Adjusted Life Years’ becomes law, ‘state level action’ is needed, says national patient advocate

By Show-Me State Times News Service | Mar 5, 2024

The U.S. House recently passed Missouri U.S. Rep. Jason Smith’s (R-8) bill to ban federal health care programs from “using prices that are based on quality-adjusted life years” (QALYs), but the chair of a national patient care group said that until that bill is signed into law, a state-level bill “is needed to protect people with disabilities.”