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Are Michigan hospitals putting finances ahead of patients?

  • gpuckrein
  • Dec 1, 2025
  • 1 min read

By: Lisa M. Grabert, MPH, Visiting Professor of Research, Marquette University


Hospitals across Michigan are exploiting a little-known federal program to squeeze millions of dollars from the state's poorest patients.


Congress created the 340B Drug Pricing Program in 1992. It allows certain hospitals to purchase medicines from drug companies at substantial, mandatory discounts. Congress aimed for hospitals to reinvest these savings in patient care.



 
 
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