North Carolina hospitals overcharged for cancer drugs, report says [Video]

THEIR VOICES HEARD NEXT TO THE BILL GOES TO THE STATE SENATE. A NEW REPORT ACCUSES NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS OF OVERCHARGING STATE EMPLOYEES FOR CANCER DRUGS. THE REPORT IS FROM THE STATE TREASURER’S OFFICE. IT FINDS HOSPITALS BUILD STATE WORKERS ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN FIVE TIMES WHAT THEY PAID FOR DISCOUNTED ONCOLOGY DRUGS THROUGH MEDICAID. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM, KNOWN AS 340, BE STARTED MORE THAN THREE DECADES AGO. IT ALLOWS HOSPITALS TO PURCHASE DISCOUNT PRICE DRUGS, BUT THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM TO PASS ON THOSE SAVINGS TO PATIENTS, STATE TREASURER DALE FALWELL SINGLED OUT ONE LOCAL HOSPITAL IN TODAY’S NEWS CONFERENCE. HE SAYS ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST IN HIGH POINT CHARLES CHARGED PATIENTS MORE THAN $5,000 FOR ONCOLOGY DRUGS TH