Opinion: 340B is not a problem to be solved, but a promise to be kept and secured

Becker’s Hospital Review – Monday, April 6, 2026
By Damond W. Boatwright, President and CEO, Hospital Sisters Health System

Damond W. Boatwright is president and CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System, a Catholic nonprofit with 13 hospitals and 130 care sites in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Catholic healthcare was not started nor inspired from profit and loss statements or a desire to drive more shareholder value. Instead, through acts of mercy, women religious crossed oceans on rudimentary vessels and traveled along dirt roads by horse-drawn carriage, overcoming religious discrimination and language barriers to care for those who otherwise would have gone without. In the Franciscan tradition, this ministry has always been guided by what is oftentimes viewed as radical commitment to poverty, humility, solidarity with the poor and joyful service. These values, rooted in the Gospel, have been lived out in rural and underserved communities for centuries.

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