DPC Urges Mississippi Governor to Veto 340B Expansion

Today, the Domestic Policy Caucus wrote to Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, urging him to veto H.B. 728, a bill that would expand 340B in the state.

DPC wrote, “H.B. 728 would create an economic environment in which incentives would be put in place to encourage even more consolidation of healthcare systems, to put healthcare farther out of reach of rural Mississippians, and to imperil the ability of underserved Mississippians to receive the medications they need, all while lining the pockets of big healthcare systems and giant chain pharmacies… The number of independently owned retail pharmacies declined by 16 percent in the United States between 2003 and 2021. That has contributed to the appearance of what are called “pharmacy deserts… Only Stone County has no pharmacy desert, and in more than 20 Mississippi counties, 100% of the residents live more than 15 minutes from the three closest pharmacies.

Read the full letter here.