Are Hospitals Profiting at Rural Healthcare’s Expense?

RealClearHealth Editor Jerry Rogers talks with Christine Hamp, President of the National Grange, about why one of America's oldest agricultural advocacy organizations has become deeply involved in health policy, fighting to reform the 340B Drug Discount Program. Originally intended to help hospitals and clinics serving low-income and uninsured patients by providing them deeply discounted drugs, 340B has grown from a modest program in the early 1990s into a $100 billion system with little oversight of where the savings actually go. Large loopholes let large urban hospital systems capture discounts meant for rural safety-net providers. Hamp and Rogers also discuss the bipartisan momentum building around reform on Capitol Hill. Christine Hamp is President of the National Grange, the nation's oldest agricultural advocacy organization. As National Grange President, Hamp leads the organization's advocacy work on rural health care access, 340B reform, and early-detection cancer and Alzheimer's screening policy, bringing Grange members' on-the-ground experience directly to lawmakers in Washington. National Grange Report On 340B’s Impact on Rural Hospitals https://www.nationalgrange.org/340b-rural-impact/