“We've had a couple of patients who've gotten high hospital bills, and we said, they're a 340B hospital, why don't you ask them about their 340B charity care program? And one of them did, and their bill went away.” Terry Wilcox, Chief Patient Advocate of Patients Rising, shared this experience during the 2026 State of the Patient Summit on Capitol Hill. It raises an important question: How many patients are paying medical bills they might qualify for assistance with simply because no one told them what help was available? The exchange was part of a larger discussion about the 340B drug discount program, including whether hospitals are doing enough to ensure the patients they serve benefit from it. Hear the conversation from the Summit in the latest episode of the State of the Patient podcast: