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A New Era in the 340B Conversation: What Senator Cassidy's New Reform Bill Means for Patients
A new Senate bill would require 340B hospitals to document where their savings go and, for the first time, mandate direct discounts for low-income patients at the pharmacy counter. Here's what the proposal contains and why the stakes are high for the communities 340B was built to serve.
Kalvin Pugh
6 days ago5 min read
Political Veto: How OMB's Grant Rule Puts EHE at Risk
A proposed OMB rule would let political appointees veto or cancel federal research grants, dismantling the peer-review system and targeting the disparate-impact analysis that maps where HIV concentrates and why. For people living with HIV, that research is the foundation of Ending the HIV Epidemic. The comment period closes July 13.
Travis Roppolo
Jun 85 min read
When the Target Is SSRIs, the Risk Is the Six Protected Classes
On May 4, 2026, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. closed a daylong Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Institute summit on mental health and overmedicalization by announcing a federal initiative...
Travis Roppolo
May 186 min read
The Policy Stack: How SAMHSA, the White House, and Louisiana Are Rewriting Drug and Homelessness Response
On April 24, 2026, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a Dear Colleague letter that withdraws federal funding eligibility from fentanyl test strips, sterile...
Travis Roppolo
May 119 min read
When Oversight Fails: Iowa's $22 Million Contract Pharmacy Scandal and the Structural Fragility of ADAP Financing
On March 6, 2026, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services filed a nine-page complaint in Polk County District Court alleging that NuCara Specialty Pharmacy failed to remit more than $22...
Travis Roppolo
May 47 min read
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