WA committee advances prescription drug bill critic calls ‘a cash grab’ for hospitals

WA committee advances prescription drug bill critic calls ‘a cash grab’ for hospitals

(The Center Square) – The Washington state House Appropriations Committee has advanced a bill concerning a federal drug pricing program known as the 340B Program that one committee member described

Washington House Appropriations Committee Advances 340B Drug Pricing Bill Amid Cost, Oversight Concerns

OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington state House Appropriations Committee has advanced a bill concerning a federal drug pricing program known as the 340B Program that one committee member described as a “a cash grab for one major hospital system in Seattle.” “I do not feel or do I not believe that the state has the constitutional authority to actually implement these very burdensome regulations or on one side,  but then just unfettered expansion in the …