Another state has joined the growing movement to protect rural citizens against corporations attempting to skirt federal rules.
Mississippi recently passed a law enforcing rule 340b regulations, which force pharmaceutical companies to sell vital drugs to rural health providers at discounts. Most major companies have been trying to avoid those discounts or have tried ignoring them altogether.
However, Mississippi – which has a large rural population – joined its neighbor, Louisiana, and several other states in fighting back against that.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed into law today a bill to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions and certain 340B-specific pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) policies.
Reeves signed the bill, H.B.278, after it passed the state senate, 49-2, on April 3, and the state house, 83-31, on March 14. The law, which prohibits drug manufacturers…
