Through unprecedented attacks on the 340B drug discount program in 2020, CV340B has advocated for 340B’s protection in the community. On December 30th, 2020 Community Voices for 340B sent a letter outlining our work to President-Elect Biden’s transition team. CV340B received a positive response and looks forward to working with the new administration in 2021.…
The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (VMC) and the County’s entire health and hospital system are facing a potentially catastrophic loss of funding under a pair of proposals currently being considered in Sacramento and Washington. The amount of money at stake ranges from $60 million a year to potentially more than $130 million. The funding…
The debate over the future of the 340B drug pricing program has reached a critical new phase. Several members of Congress introduced legislation that would make dramatic changes in the 26-year-old statute, Congress is holding hearings on the program and the Trump administration has offered new proposals in its fiscal 2019 budget. Some have questioned…
CLEVELAND — I met Hope (not her real name) at the MetroHealth Cancer Center a year and a half ago – a happily married young woman who had a great job and was eagerly awaiting to be a firsttime mom. She came to me because there was a black spot on her skin, and it…