Today would have marked our longtime friend Eddie Hamilton's 63rd Birthday (center). Eddie was a true champion of the patient voice, being at the center of every health policy decision about people living with HIV/AIDS. He left us far too soon, but his unique charm remains! 🎂

New study finds skin conditions remain prevalent in people with HIV despite advances in treatment www.msn.com/en-us/health...

via @CAgovernor - Governor Newsom signs SB 41 to lower the cost of prescription drugs www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/11/g...

Our latest #340B ad has over 400k views! Watch and see just why #hospitals are so upset that we're exposing the truth about their medical debt collection practices, despite the 340B Drug Pricing Program designed to help poor patients: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rUs...

HIV rates highest in the American South, despite effective treatments: A clash between culture and public health www.msn.com/en-us/health...

A new bipartisan health group has formed... The Governors Public Health Alliance is a nonpartisan, non-profit coalition of governors that works together to protect public health: www.govsforhealth.org

via @safemedicines.bsky.social - Self-Funded Health Plans: The end of global drug sourcing? youtu.be/PE92m1yr8os?...

via @axios - Axios-Ipsos poll: Trump, RFK Jr. lose America's trust on health care www.axios.com/2025/10/16/a...

via @phrma.bsky.social - 340B abuses are fueling higher Medicare costs, new BRG report shows phrma.org/blog/340b-ab...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c... via @statnews.com

RFK Jr. says vaccines don’t save lives. He’s wrong www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/m... via @statnews.com

1 big thing: Rate shopping intensifies ACA drama www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosvitals

One in Six Bacterial Infections Is Antibiotic Resistant; Calls for Stronger Real-Time Pandemic Risk Surveillance healthpolicy-watch.news/one-in-six-b...

Top Democrat demands more detail from Medicare insurers about their use of AI www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/b... via @statnews.com

How a tariff push complicated Trump's pharma plan www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosvitals

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/f... via @statnews.com

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c... via @statnews.com

Our latest commercial about the #340B Drug Pricing Program has over 285,000 views. Hospitals don't want you to watch it because it highlights the medical debt patients owe to 340B-eligible hospitals. This system is broken. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rUs...

Thank you, @RepBuddyCarter! Patients living with #HIV appreciate your leadership to reform the broken 340B Program. It needs to put #patients first, rather than providers! 👇 Reform 340B drug discount program for the sake of low-income Georgia patients www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...

AstraZeneca set to strike drug pricing deal with Trump www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/a... via @statnews.com

Exclusive: US pharmacies, drug discounters are discussing TrumpRx role with administration www.reuters.com/world/us-pha...

Listen: Why “TrumpRx” Might Not Save You Money kffhealthnews.org/MjA5ODkxMQ via @kffhealthnews

Pharma companies scramble to make deals with Trump after Pfizer scored White House praise www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/t... via @statnews.com

via @pharmaphorum.bsky.social - Amazon to launch drug vending machines at One Medical sites pharmaphorum.com/news/amazon-...

via @wsj.com - Trump Excludes Generics From Big Pharma Tariff Plan www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Read this essential white paper by USC Shaeffer outlining why the #340B Drug Pricing Program is long overdue for reform... 👇 "Cui Bono? Misaligned Incentives in the 340B Program" schaeffer.usc.edu/research/mis...

via @kff.org F - How Might Expiring Premium Tax Credits Impact People with HIV? www.kff.org/hiv-aids/how...

Part D premiums are going up, while choices are going down phrma.org/blog/part-d-...

Former surgeons general sound alarm on RFK Jr. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

We've reached 200k views on our latest #340B commercial!!! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rUs...

via PhRMA - PBMs say they want lower priced medicines, so why don’t they cover them? phrma.org/blog/pbms-sa...

US court rejects Novo Nordisk's challenge to Medicare drug pricing plan www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary www.npr.org/sections/sho...

New Amgen Website Offers Repatha at 60% Off After Trump Pressure www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump open to bipartisan health care deal to end shutdown rollcall.com/2025/10/06/t...

Hospital revenues and CEO compensation have gone way up while hospital charity care has decreased. Our #340B map details this trend across hospitals, nonprofit health centers, and HIV care sites serving as covered entities. Learn more: 340bmap.org

Hospitals don't want patients to see our latest 30-second commercial, "Is the 340B program the next 'Too Big To Fail?' - Medical Debt", so please make sure that you share it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rUs... #340B #Hospitals #MedicalDebt

Yet what this article fails to mention is that most patients won't save a dime at the Rx counter... 👇 Colorado board makes first-in-the-nation move by setting a payment limit on an Amgen drug www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com

Kudos to @kalvinpugh.bsky.social... PrEPARING California for the future and better supporting those living with HIV - www.losangelesblade.com/2025/09/25/p...

via @drugchannels.bsky.social - Reimagining Patient Access: Building Direct-to-Consumer Models for a New Regulatory Era www.drugchannels.net/2025/10/reim...

Older adults with HIV may be facing unequal burden in the opioid crisis www.msn.com/en-us/health...

Providers face more pitfalls with feds idled www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosvitals

WHO says the antibacterial pipeline reveals a dual crisis: scarcity and lack of innovation www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com

Shutdown Halts Some Health Services as Political Risks Test Parties’ Resolve kffhealthnews.org/MjA5NjUxNA via @kffhealthnews.org

Trump administration backs off 100% pharma tariffs threatened to start today www.statnews.com/2025/10/01/t... via @statnews.com

Prescription Drug Affordability Boards: A Flawed Approach to Equity and Access www.healthaffairs.org/sponsored-co...

Partial government shutdown begins rollcall.com/2025/09/30/c...

via @kff.org - ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Trump to roll out plan aimed at lowering prescription drug prices - Pfizer strikes deal with administration to reduce some prices, avoid tariffs for three years www.statnews.com/2025/09/30/t... via @statnews

While we're at it, why not "crack down" on alcohol ads, or gambling ads, or fast food chain ads? Oh, that's right, cause it is nothing more than a "show" to score political points! 👇 Opinion | Will Cracking Down on Drug Ads Help Patients? www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...