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Director of Patients Come First: 'Some hospitals are reselling and marking up discounted drugs to patients and insurance companies'
Concerns are growing about the federal 340B drug pricing program, originally designed to make medications affordable for low-income patients, as evidence suggests some large health systems are using it to generate profits. The 340B program, aimed at providing safety-net hospitals with significantly discounted drugs, has grown into the second-largest federal prescription drug initiative, surpassing Medicare Parts B and D.