340B Hospitals Lag Behind Peers in Charity Care Spending: Report

340B hospitals lag behind peers in charity care spending: report

The findings add new fodder for critics who say 340B has ballooned out of control with no corresponding benefit to patients. One hospital group called the report “another in a long line of misleading studies.”

Who Benefits From the 340B Drug Discount?

The federal 340B program gives some non-profit hospitals discounts on medicines so they can do more for patients who can't afford care. A new study from Pioneer Institute and CancerCare finds that hospitals in the program spend a smaller share of their budgets on charity care than hospitals that do not participate.

Hospitals With Federal Drug Discounts Provide Less Charity Care, Not More