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A Rural Pharmacist's Perspective on 340B

An SRMC pharmacist explains in Health Affairs Forefront why the 340B Drug Pricing Program matters so much to a 25-bed hospital and the patients it serves.

For a Critical Access Hospital in western Nebraska, the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program isn't an abstract policy debate — it's part of how services like oncology and specialty pharmacy stay available close to home.

In a recent essay for Health Affairs Forefront, one of SRMC's pharmacists responds to critics who call 340B a "grift," describing day-to-day life at a rural hospital and how the program's savings are reinvested in care that would otherwise require patients to drive for hours.

Read the full essay on Health Affairs Forefront

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