July 9, 2021
 BY JOHN BRESNAHAN, ANNA PALMER AND JAKE SHERMAN Happy Friday, and we hope you’ve enjoyed your holiday-shortened week. A few notes from us: → Join us for The Lookahead on Sunday — we’ll have a revamped look and feel. We are excited to have CNN’s Phil Mattingly join us on Sunday at 6 p.m. Register here. → Thanks to all who attended our brown bag lunch yesterday. We appreciated the incisive questions. We’re fortunate to have such engaged premium members. → We’ll be back to three editions each day beginning Monday — so look out for Midday and PM in your inboxes next week. We have a lot of news to report and avenues to explore in this wild legislative climate. → As we promised this morning, we have your weekly edition of the Power Matrix below, just for premium members. Enjoy! THE POWER MATRIX  |
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The 340B program is supposed to help vulnerable patients—but without strong safeguards, it’s siphoning away funds that could be used for free and charitable medicine. The 340B Rebate Model Pilot improves program integrity, preventing duplicate discounts and strengthening accountability. Urge HHS to implement the pilot today. Learn why it matters.
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The 340B program lacks transparency—making it hard to tell if it’s actually helping vulnerable patients. HHS can fix the problem by implementing the 340B Rebate Model Pilot, ensuring the program is transparent, compliant, and accountable. Learn more.