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BIG HOSPITAL EXECS SHOULD ANSWER FOR THEIR ACTIONS

Illinois hospitals are supposed to help people. Instead, many exploit the federal 340B program to help themselves.

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  1. Why are Illinois hospitals receiving 340B discounts while providing a level of charity care less than the national average?
     

  2. If the 340B program is meant to help low-income patients, why aren’t you passing those savings directly to them at the pharmacy counter?
     

  3. Do you engage debt collectors or legal action against patients who should have qualified for free or discounted care under 340B? How many of these patients are later found eligible for financial assistance?
     

  4. As a hospital executive, what is your total annual compensation?​

ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS: STOP 340B ABUSE.

ILLINOIS FAMILIES GO BROKE. BIG HOSPITAL CEOS GET RICH.

Many tax-exempt hospitals provide far less charity care than expected.

In fact, operating expenses at one major Illinois health system totals $2.6 billion. But their charity care rate is .69%, less than half the national average.

Only 37% of Illinois hospitals are compliant with a federal law requiring price transparency on healthcare services provided.

One major Illinois hospital’s own billing policies authorize sending debt collectors after patients with unpaid medical bills. 

Meanwhile, hospital profits keep flowing – to the top.

One major Illinois hospital exec received a $10.5 million "golden parachute" after leaving the job."

Moody’s praised one Illinois system for its “significant operating income benefits” from 340B – and projected even more profit as it expands its oncology business.

Illinois workers, families, and taxpayers pay the price.

A Chicago patient went in for a routine colonoscopy – but was slapped with a $19,000 surprise bill after the hospital reclassified it as a surgery.

While a top Chicago hospital raked in profits, nurses walked off the job – saying they were overworked and underpaid.

At another Illinois hospital, hundreds of workers went on strike and demanded fair wages and safe staffing – even as the hospital continued to profit off taxpayer-funded programs like 340B.

In 2023 alone, 340B cost Illinois employers an estimated $223.7 million and taxpayers an estimated $31 million.

THIS IS A TIME TO HOLD BIG HOSPITALS ACCOUNTABLE, NOT REWARD THEM.

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