CLEVELAND — Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in Ohio Capital Journal.
Federal officials are raising questions about exploding drug discounts under a program meant to fund services for low-income patients, and Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic is at the center of some of them.
Over a 38-month period ending in June 2023, the massive nonprofit hospital received nearly $1 billion from the program. However, the clinic didn’t cut drug prices for any of its low-income patients, instead plowing the money into its general budget…