Watchdog/Hepatitis C drugs now covered by Medicaid

Hepatitis C drugs now covered by Medicaid

GRAND HAVEN, MICH. - Good news for some Michigan Hepatitis C patients: as of March, Medicaid will pay for new costly drugs that could cure the disease. 

It’s an update to a WZZM 13 Watchdog story last month about the cost of the drugs that in some cases can go as high $100,000. Covered drugs include antivirals, like Sovaldi and Harvoni, for Hepatitis C patients who have severe liver disease. 

As we told you in our story last month, the drugs can cost more than $1,000 a pill. Finding a way to pay the medications has been a challenge for state Medicaid programs.

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