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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Wider Reach Is Sought for Costly New Hepatitis C Treatments

Wider Reach Is Sought for Costly New Hepatitis C Treatments
By ROBERT PEAR
AUG. 25, 2015

WASHINGTON — Federal and state Medicaid officials should widen access to prescription drugs that could cure tens of thousands of people with hepatitis C, including medications that can cost up to $1,000 a pill, health care experts have told the White House.

The experts, from the Public Health Service and President Obama’s Advisory Council on H.I.V./AIDS, said that restrictions on the drugs imposed by many states were inconsistent with sound medical practice, as reflected in treatment guidelines issued by health care professionals and the Department of Veterans Affairs.



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