Dems, Re­pub­li­cans split on 340B drug pric­ing pro­gram in Sen­ate hear­ing

The di­vid­ing line be­tween Sen­ate De­moc­rats and Re­pub­li­cans on the 340B drug pric­ing pro­gram was set on Thurs­day, with De­moc­rats sid­ing with the hos­pi­tals, say­ing the sav­ings from the pro­gram is des­per­ate­ly need­ed for the poor­est pop­u­la­tions, while Re­pub­li­cans took the side of drug­mak­ers, say­ing the pro­gram is be­ing abused and needs to be re­formed.

But the hear­ing al­so put the spot­light on the lack of trans­paren­cy from both the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal and hos­pi­tal in­dus­tries, as nei­ther side could agree to some ba­sic sta­tis­tics, such as what per­cent of the to­tal drug spend in the US goes in­to the 340B pro­gram.

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