
What We're Reading: Medicaid Enrollees Demand Hepatitis C Treatment
What we're reading, December 28, 2015: patients fight for Medicaid coverage of expensive hepatitis C treatment, Express Scripts develops programs to protect insurer's from pricey new drugs, and Republicans divided over Medicaid expansion.
Individuals are pushing back at states that are restricting access to curative treatment for hepatitis C, citing cost reasons. Patients in Indiana—one of 34 states where Medicaid refuses to pay for the $95,000 Harvoni unless there’s proof of liver damage—have filed a class action lawsuit to gain access to the pill and ensure Medicaid covers for it, according to a report by the
By developing optional programs that include newer expensive drugs, Express Scripts is protecting its clients and their budgets from going topsy-turvy, reports
Republicans are divided over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), especially when it comes to Medicaid expansion in the states. According to
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