AB 1460: California’s Plan to Enrich Hospitals at Patients’ Expense – California Globe

AB 1460: California’s Plan to Enrich Hospitals at Patients’ Expense – California Globe

California lawmakers are about to hand hospitals and pharmacies a massive windfall and stick patients with the bill. Assembly Bill 1460 by Assemblyman Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa), which passed out of the State Assembly in May, would expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program, a federal initiative that has become one of America’s most profitable healthcare schemes for hospitals and pharmacies. Created to help vulnerable, low-income, and rural patients …

Patients to decide hospital payments under 10-year plan proposals

Patients will be able to decide whether hospitals get the full payment for their treatment under proposals in drafts of the 10-Year Health Plan, HSJ understands.