Medicare plans to slash payments to hospitals for drugs acquired through the 340B drug discount program by more than a third beginning next year.[2418906] The proposal, part of a proposed rule on hospital outpatient payments, represents the latest swing at what's become a hotly debated drug discount program.[2418906] Dozens of Congressional lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to force Eli Lilly to reinstate mandated price breaks to hospitals that participate in a federal drug discount program.[2418907] The drugmaker stopped offering discounts last month to reduce what it calls duplicate discounts paid to the hospitals.[2418907] Medicare would pay hospitals for 340B drugs at their average sales price minus 33.4% under the proposal.[2418906]