Randy Krehbiel

Tulsa World Reporter

Public health: Gov. Kevin Stitt and 10 other Republican governors asked the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to revoke Planned Parenthood’s eligibility for the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.

That program allows certain health care providers to buy prescription drugs at reduced rates from manufacturers, who claim some hospitals and clinics use the system to subsidize other operations.

In the case of Planned Parenthood, Stitt and others allege the drug discounts are indirectly paying for abortion services.

“While proponents often argue that federal dollars are not ‘directly’ used for abortion, this ignores the economic reality that money is fungible,” says the governors’ letter to HRSA. “Federal support through the 340B program a

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