Open letter from Faith-based leaders to state and federal policy-makers
We, the undersigned faith-based leaders, join as one to ask federal and state policymakers to protect front-line, safety net health care providers in our communities through support of the federal 340B Drug Pricing program.  We know that the 340B program plays an incredibly important role in public health and we are asking you to vigorously defend it for those we serve.

Many of us face not only the overwhelming tragedy of the COVID pandemic but also ever-increasing costs of medications, startling inequities in access to care, and what could be irreversible damage to vulnerable populations most often in black and brown communities.  

340B is working for our communities and for communities across the country. The program offers a lifeline to the neediest and most underserved patients by requiring pharmaceutical companies to provide drugs at discounted prices to safety net hospitals and clinics.  

At possibly one the most difficult times we are facing as a nation, some drug manufacturers, insurers and benefit managers, and even some states are attacking the 340B program.  Some are rewriting the rules to deplete the program’s benefit to our communities.  Others are simply pocketing the benefit for themselves.  

Our safety net providers use 340B savings to underwrite the cost of serving our patients. They use those savings to reinvest back into our communities, meaning they can do more with their limited dollars to serve our communities.  All of this is made possible by a small but mighty program that affects just two percent of all drug sales in the United States – all without taxpayer expense.

We simply cannot sit on the sidelines and allow our safety net providers to stand alone in these battles.  We are of many creeds, faiths, and denominations.  We serve people from different races and ethnicities.  We stand unified in one defining mission – to protect those we serve.  Will you stand with us to protect the 340B program?

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