Ted Okon

Commenting on cancer, health care reform & politics — a lethal combination. Advocating for a better America.

[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

Take from the rich and give to the poor. That is exactly what @CMSGov @DrOz are doing by redistributing all those mega hospital #340B "profits" to patients in need and struggling small rural & urban hospitals.

[Community Oncology @oncologyCOA]

#340B should support patients, not large hospital systems. Policymakers must pursue structural changes to restore the program to its original intent: https://t.co/EBxWSvb2Fk

[Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. @RepGregMurphy]

Greedy Health Insurance Companies are in the run. They’ve hired expensive lobbyists, flooded Social Media with ‘we are the good guys’ ads to defend their ‘profit first’ policies. Time to BREAK THEM UP!! https://t.co/XUKLWM7hur

[Texas Oncologist @TexasOncologist]

@TedOkonCOA @anish_koka @CMSGov My favorite is the UT system (including UTSW and MD Anderson) which doesn’t accept Medicaid or indigent patients and has satellite clinics in the burbs just to harvest insured for 340B

Tie it to the patient!

[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

Thanks to @RepGregMurphy & @RepAdamGrayCA for their bipartisan work on the critical bill for #cancer patients.
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[Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. @RepGregMurphy]

Access to care and critical drugs will be crushed by the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.

Proud to work in a bipartisan effort to reverse the short-sighted reimbursement formula and protect patient healthcare.

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[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

Really tiring hearing the #340B lobbing groups cry about the @CMSGov move to pay hospitals less but still more than they buy 340B drugs. Do you know that the top 340B DSH hospitals get 40% of all discounts? Just the top 10 hospitals made over $4 BILLION in 340B profits in 2024.

[OncoDaily @oncodaily]

340B Discounts Should Go to Patients in Need, Not Wealthy Hospital Systems - Ted Okon

@TedOkonCOA @JCOOP_ASCO @ASCO

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[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

JUST OUT -- Our Perspective in @JCOOP_ASCO on the new @ASCO policy position on #340B. 340B discounts should go to patients in need, not wealthy hospital systems. Congress never intended hospitals, and now corporate #PBMs, from profiting off of 340B.
https://t.co/p4PWKmGJaS

[HealthCareDenied @CareDenied]

Dr. Atkins, an oncologist, testified before Congress to demonstrate how PBMs put profit over patients. You won't see her in the PBM lobby's new million-dollar ad campaign, designed to repair their damaged reputation with lawmakers. She speaks the truth from experience.

[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

4th of July celebration that #340B hospitals will be paid closer to what they pay for drugs. Will save patients & taxpayers more, as well as remove incentives for 340B hospitals to acquire oncology practices.

[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

@TruthApoth @DrDiGiorgio @CMSGov Understand. This is just out hospitals. And the FQHCs should be more vocal about hospital abuses, because I do agree FQHCs use and need #340B. But they have been letting hospitals drag them down.

[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

I can hear the #340B mega hospitals crying all the way from the bank about the @CMSGov more reasonable drug reimbursement. It's about time out-of-control 340B was fixed so patients & taxpayers pay less.

[Florida’s Voice @FLVoiceNews]

🚨 FLORIDA VS. CVS: State officials subpoenaed the pharmacy giant’s contracts, audits, and rebate records in an investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices driving up prescription drug prices for consumers.

@AGJamesUthmeier: "It appears one company has gotten so big that they are controlling market power in a way that might manipulate pricing at the cost of consumers."

[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

Every AG in every state should be doing the same! The #PBM oligarchy is destorying independent pharmacy & fueling healthcare costs. #PBMob #PBMs
https://t.co/rndLjColDg

[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

If you have ever seen a cornered rat (I grew up in NYC) then that's how the top 3 #PBMs #PBMob & their #PBM lobbyist are acting dropping lawsuits everywhere.

https://t.co/kDahH3UqSU

[Ted Okon @TedOkonCOA]

Scare tactics by the #PBMmob and #PBM lobbyists. The top 3 #PBMs are feeling the heat and acting like cornered rats.

https://t.co/UIrGqcduPF

[Energy and Commerce Committee @HouseCommerce]

Today, Chairman @RepMGriffith led a Health hearing on policies to increase health care price transparency for patients and employers.

Americans can compare prices on everything in our economy—from gas to groceries—except their own health care. @HouseCommerce is building on President Trump's transparency agenda to change that and lower costs for families.

Read more about today's hearing ⬇️

[Energy and Commerce Committee @HouseCommerce]

Higher costs do not mean better care. Instead, they are the product of consolidation and complex ownership structures that have long shielded the system from scrutiny.

As a leading champion of health care price transparency, @RepJames is working to change that. His bipartisan legislation would require clear, upfront pricing so patients and employers finally know what they are paying and why.

This is exactly the kind of commonsense reform at the heart of @POTUS' Great Healthcare Plan: delivering high-quality care at the best price, with real transparency for every American.

[Rep. Diana Harshbarger @RepHarshbarger]

A program built to help vulnerable patients is being hijacked by large hospital systems pocketing billions.

340B has grown to $80B+ with little accountability.

Proud to support the Trump admin's Rebate Model Pilot Program to strengthen oversight & program integrity.