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State Senator Wiener introduces SB 41 to regulate PBMs and lower drug costs in California

State Senator Scott Wiener has introduced Senate Bill 41 (SB 41) to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in California.

By Golden State Today | Feb 13, 2025

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Health Analysts: DOGE should 'look no further than the 340b drug discount program' utilized by 174 CA Hospitals

Two health analysts said the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should "look no further than the 340b drug discount program' in the department's efforts to "overhaul government spending."

By Golden State Today reports | Feb 12, 2025

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In California, 941 people have died after receiving COVID-19 “vaccine”

By Golden State Today | Jan 1, 2025

California registered 941 deaths after admission of a “COVID-19” MRNA injection, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

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Health Analyst: Drug discount program utilized by CA hospitals is ‘funneling money from hardworking Americans to hospital systems’

By Golden State Today reports | Dec 19, 2024

A national health analyst said the federal 340b drug discount program is leading to increased health care costs for patients.

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Government Waste Watchdog: ‘We have to fix the mess’ in federal drug discount program in which 174 CA hospitals participate

By Golden State Today reports | Dec 17, 2024

A government waste watchdog group said a federal drug discount program in which 174 California hospitals participate is a “mess” and needs more oversight.

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Urologists group urges ‘more transparent reporting and oversight’ of federal drug program utilized by 174 CA hospitals

By Golden State Today | Dec 6, 2024

The Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA) said the federal 340b drug discount program needs more “transparent reporting and oversight.”

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Health Care Analysts: California Prop 34 ‘strikes against the exploitation’ of federal 340b drug program

By Golden State Today reports | Dec 5, 2024

Two health care analysts, writing at the AIDS Drug Assistance Program blog, said that the recently-passed California Prop 34 “strikes against the exploitation” of the federal 340b drug program.

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Patients Come First-CA Director: ‘Prop. 34 confronts the longtime abuse of the federal 340B prescription drug program’

By Golden State Today | Dec 2, 2024

Julie Gill Shuffield, Executive Director of Patients Come First California, said that Proposition 34 addresses the longstanding misuse of the federal 340B prescription drug program on November 27.

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In California, 794 people have died after receiving COVID-19 “vaccine”

By Golden State Today | Dec 1, 2024

California registered 794 deaths after admission of a “COVID-19” MRNA injection, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

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In California, 790 people have died after receiving COVID-19 “vaccine”

By Golden State Today | Nov 1, 2024

California registered 790 deaths after admission of a “COVID-19” MRNA injection, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

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Federal drug program reducing local revenue by $3.5 billion annually includes 172 California hospitals

By Golden State Today reports | Oct 23, 2024

The federal 340B drug program is estimated to reduced state and local tax revenues by $3.5 billion annually, on top of reductions in federal tax revenue.

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Pacific Research Institute director: Current 340B program 'ultimately detracts from the stated mission of the program'

By Golden State Today | Oct 10, 2024

Sally Pipes, the director of the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) in California, said the current system of the 340B drug program, meant to decrease prices for patients, is not sufficiently monitored and, as a result, is not benefitting patients as intended.

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In California, 789 people have died after receiving COVID-19 “vaccine”

By Golden State Today | Sep 30, 2024

California registered 789 deaths after admission of a “COVID-19” MRNA injection, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

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Patient advocacy group: New drug innovations 'transform the entire health care and wellness space'

By Golden State Today reports | Sep 20, 2024

The head of a California health care reform group said that new drug innovations coming to market and becoming available to patients are capable of "transforming the entire health care and wellness space."

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Shuffield: 'Government leaders must resist the urge to engage in coercive price setting'

By Golden State Today | Sep 14, 2024

Julie Gill Shuffield, the California Executive Director of Patients Come First, emphasized the life-changing potential of innovative medications and said that decisions about medical treatments should be left to healthcare professionals and patients, rather than being influenced by pharmacy middlemen, insurance companies, or government price controls, which can obstruct access to innovative drugs and stifle medical advancements.

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California Senate passes legislation to rein in anticompetitive practices of PBMs

By Golden State Today | Sep 9, 2024

California’s Senate has passed S.B. 966, legislation aimed at curbing the anticompetitive behavior of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The bill now awaits the governor's approval.

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In California, 788 people have died after receiving COVID-19 “vaccine”

By Golden State Today | Aug 31, 2024

California registered 788 deaths after admission of a “COVID-19” MRNA injection, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

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Patients Come First national director: ‘PBMs are harming the very people they are supposed to protect’

By Golden State Today | Aug 28, 2024

Julie Gill Shuffield, the executive director for the California branch of advocacy organization Patients Come First, said pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have been "harming the very people they are supposed to protect."

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Gov’t Spending Watchdog: Federal drug program serving CA hospitals benefits ‘special interests’ over patients

By Golden State Today reports | Aug 23, 2024

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) said that hospitals and other “special interests,” rather than patients, are benefiting from a federal drug discount program in which up to 174 California hospitals participate.

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In California, 779 people have died after receiving COVID-19 “vaccine”

By Golden State Today | Jul 31, 2024

California registered 779 deaths after admission of a “COVID-19” MRNA injection, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).