ATTN: We need to talk. TODAY I CRIED on the phone with a patient. Reason? Direct damaging impact of recent drug manufacturer (mfr) attacks on #340B. Please read & share this:
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I had to call a patient who gets her insulin through our 340B program at an affordable copay & tell /1

tell her the news that her insulin is affected by some Drug MFRs refusing to offer 340B discounts to our health center contract pharmacies starting Oct. 1st.
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Then..she tells me she JUST LOST HER JOB & now relies on 340B more than ever, & she is scared. She asks if /2

if she is "the only one?"
I told her: No, we have 48,000 patients living across 200 zip codes, & we do not yet know the total affected because more Drug MFRs are hopping on board. I also explained it is happening nationally.

She told me she will lose sleep over this, & that& #39;s /3

when I shared with her I am also losing sleep and shared the NIGHTMARE I had last night:

{I contracted COVID19 in the midst of all this scrambling to serve our patients with the drug MFR attacks on 340B entities & their short timeline. I was too sick to work & could not /4

help my affected patients get what they needed prior to the Oct 1st deadline}

After sharing that nightmare with the patient, she suddenly BROKE OUT IN PRAYER for the next 3 mins - praying for ALL OF THE OTHER vulnerable patients affected.
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I BROKE DOWN IN TEARS. /5