Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.
Costly Hepatitis C Drug Makers Face New Fire
BY ERIC PIANIN,
The Fiscal Times
December 4, 2014
A Senate hearing on Wednesday into the staggering cost of specialty drugs to treat the deadly Hepatitis C virus has once again raised the question of how far the government should go to try to beat down pharmaceutical costs without discouraging research and development or creating drug shortages
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2014/12/04/Costly-Hepatitis-C-Drug-Makers-Face-New-Fire#sthash.DGtifQ6i.co8jU5PC.dpuf
BY ERIC PIANIN,
The Fiscal Times
December 4, 2014
A Senate hearing on Wednesday into the staggering cost of specialty drugs to treat the deadly Hepatitis C virus has once again raised the question of how far the government should go to try to beat down pharmaceutical costs without discouraging research and development or creating drug shortages
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2014/12/04/Costly-Hepatitis-C-Drug-Makers-Face-New-Fire#sthash.DGtifQ6i.co8jU5PC.dpuf
While they're at it, they need to also let the "general citizenry" know how the insurance companies are discriminating against the heppers that aren't sick enough to even qualify for the drugs.
It's a very harsh reality for those of us falling into the cracks. Let's hope that by next year the new drugs coming out will indeed force the price down for all of us "have nots".
Blessings