DPC Pens Letter to Kansas Legislative Leaders to Urge Opposition to 340B Expansion

The Domestic Policy Caucus wrote to Kansas state legislative leaders today to urge opposition to 340B prescription drug program expansion.

In part, DPC wrote, "If they were made aware of it, most Kansans probably would find it baffling that their state legislators quietly included the expansion of a massive federal healthcare mandate in their budget bill. It’s troubling that this happened with little discussion, let alone research or debate, about the impact of the policy on Kansans’ ability to have their medical needs satisfied... Disparities in access to care and health outcomes for rural, underserved, and minority populations have long been significant issues. Any policy that could further restrict the availability of medicines to these populations—or force them to travel farther to obtain them—needs to take the issue of health equity into consideration... This issue is too important and its ramifications too complex not to be heard in the normal committee process—in daylight—with the normal public scrutiny that would be afforded to it.

Read the full letter here.