@WWFHTX

WWFHTX is a grassroots initiative that unites health consumers, biopharmaceutical company employees vendors, suppliers, academic and community partners.

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The prescription drug supply chain, including #PBMs, is now making more money off of those #medicines than the #biopharma companies that developed them. thinkbrg.com/insights/public… @txhbi From: Berkeley Research Group #BRG

The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain, 2013–2023 | Insights | BRG

Many of the same market dynamics observed in our previous publications have continued and even intensified in recent years.

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United #Healthcare credits Q3 profits to “benefit design changes” & “pricing discipline,” meaning enrollees are paying more and getting less #healthinsurance. @StopAfib healthcareuncovered.substack…
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“Many #340B hospitals . . . have strong financial incentives to steer patients toward higher-cost drugs that generate larger profit margins.” #340BReform @TXDisabilities realclearhealth.com/articles…

Patients Deserve 340B Reform

Nearly half of U.S. adults struggle to afford healthcare, according to new polling. For cancer patients and their families, those financial pressures too often force impossible choices about tre

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Read why new @BRGexpert report on #340B hospitals underscores the urgency for Congress to enact #340BReform. @TCCRI cagw.org/new-report-finds-34…

New Report Finds 340B Hospitals Pocket $142.2 Billion

An October 1, 2026, Berkley Research Group report found that 340B hospitals pocketed $142.2 billion in 2025. Congress must act to reform the 340B program.

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Patients care re: today’s out-of-pocket medicine costs. They also care whether a better treatment will exist 5-10 years from now. Sound policy must account for both. #MostFavoredNation cannot. truthonthemarket.com/2026/10…

The World Wants Cures. America Gets the Check.

Everyone wants the next medical breakthrough. Few want the bill. The United States pays a disproportionate share of the cost of pharmaceutical innovation,

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Per @HHSGov policy heads, the controversial #340B program has grown beyond its original intent while doing little to better serve patients. #340BReform @BioNorthTX fiercehealthcare.com/regulat…

HHS: 340B 'expanded beyond its original intent,' incentivizes consolidation

A controversial program to subsidize safety-net hospitals’ drug spending “has expanded beyond its original intent,” incentivizing provider consolidation while doing little to better serve patients’ |...

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Why former TX Congressman @michaelcburgess was surprised, yet gratified, to see both parties in Congress agreeing to pursue needed #healthinsurance reform. @txhbi nationalreview.com/2026/10/i…

Insurance Reform Is the Bipartisan Opportunity Washington Should Seize | National Review

Both parties in Congress are advancing legislation that would improve health-care transparency.

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Instead of implementing #MostFavoredNation #drugpricing, the U.S. should make other countries pay their fair share for the medicines America develops. @NTxCommission foxnews.com/opinion/trump-lo…

If Trump wants to lower drug prices, his obvious free-riding targets are outside the US

President Donald Trump secured nine drug pricing deals, but lasting relief requires pressuring foreign countries to pay their fair share for medicine.

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Read from @TPPF how #HealthInsurance – #PBM conglomerates increase #healthcare costs. texaspolicy.com/how-middleme…

How Middlemen and Hidden Kickbacks Inflate Healthcare Costs

This is the time of year employers, local governments, employees, and individuals are looking at their healthcare renewals and expect double digit insurance premium increases for 2027. This pours...

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Approved, revised #340B rebate pilot program to shift discounts on drugs from upfront savings to back-end rebates. #340BReform @TPPF healthcaredive.com/news/340b…

HRSA discloses manufacturers approved for revised 340B rebate pilot

Ten pharmaceutical companies will start paying after-the-fact rebates instead of upfront discounts on 21 drugs in 340B at the start of next year, more than in the Trump administration’s first attempt...

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#Drugpricing models like #MostFavoredNation could set up new barriers to #healthcare and worsen health outcomes. @TCCRI state-journal.com/2026/09/21…

Guest columnist: Government price-setting models may jeopardize patient care - State-Journal

Healthcare affordability is America’s number one financial concern. According to new polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation, roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults worry about being able to afford the...

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Check out @weworkforhealth blog on importance of strong #IP and #IPRights for US life sciences leadership. @BioNorthTX weworkforhealth.org/post/250…

250 Years of Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Still Fuels American Leadership

Nearly 250 years ago, the United States made a consequential decision about how it would compete, grow and lead. At the nation’s founding was a belief that protecting new ideas would do more than...

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Learn how – with nearly 2,700 subsidiaries & affiliated entities – one #HealthInsurance company has embedded itself across the U.S. #healthcare system. @StopAfib healthcareuncovered.substack…
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Half of #healthinsurance denials get reversed. So why deny them in the 1st place? New data shows patients who appeal #priorauthorization denials win about half the time. @StopAfib healthcareuncovered.substack…?
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Some say a lack of consistent investment funding is a major factor holding U.S. #biotech back, as China rises. @BioNorthTX biospace.com/business/chinas…

China’s surging biotech sector represents both competition and lifeline for the US

As Chinese companies push beyond “me-too” drugs and the country lays out a new five-year plan targeting a $522 billion–strong biotech industry by 2030, experts say more predictable funding and...

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consolidation among #PBMs & #HealthInsurance companies. @txhbi ama-assn.org/press-center/am…

AMA analysis: PBM market concentration continues to rise

Four largest PBMs held 75% of national market in 2024, while 94% of local PBM markets were highly concentrated.

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The Sunlight Report on UnitedHealth Group made its way to Late Night TV. Read why, here. #HealthInsurance @TXDisabilities healthcareuncovered.substack…
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Shared disenchantment with profit-driven #healthcare has provided a unifying target: middlemen #PBMs and Big #HealthInsurance. @IAFAccess kffhealthnews.org/health-ind…

Republicans and Democrats Find a Unifying Target: Pharmacy Benefit Managers - KFF Health News

Some states have considered barring companies that own a PBM from also owning brick-and-mortar pharmacies, as CVS does. Two states have followed through. A similar proposal at the federal level has...

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Do #healthinsurance companies put profits over patients? D.C. #MAHA Summit featuring panel of execs from two of the largest U.S. health insurers may reveal answers. @Protectaxpayers  healthcareuncovered.substack…
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New report accuses #340B hospitals of providing less charity care than other nonprofit hospitals despite receiving discounted drugs. @TCCRI healthcaredive.com/news/340b…

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...

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HRSA announced revised #340B Rebate Model Pilot Program to restore accountability to this program that has grown disconnected from the patients it was created to serve. @txhbi realclearhealth.com/articles…

340B Reform Isn’t a Policy Debate

Throughout my career—from working in the Senate to leading policy reform campaigns for patients nationwide, I've seen the same problem play out repeatedly. As healthcare affordability remains on

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