IL HR0802

President Trump implemented a $1.6 billion cut to the 340B Drug Discount Program on January 1, 2018, which requires drug makers to offer discounts to safety net hospitals for drugs prescribed to Medicare patients.

Medicaid's Disproportionate Share Hospital program faces a $2 billion funding cut in 2018, threatening hospitals that provide uncompensated care to uninsured and underinsured patients.

Illinois safety net hospitals, representing nearly 20% of all hospitals in the state and providing over 25,000 jobs, are at risk of scaling back services or closing due to federal funding reductions.

Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, which serves approximately 24,000 emergency department patients annually with 60% on Medicaid, is on the verge of closure due to lack of federal and state funding.

Urges the federal government and Congress to restore funding to the 340B Drug Discount Program and Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program, and urges Governor Rauner to increase state funding for safety net hospitals.