WASHINGTON -- It is a potentially deadly disease that now kills more Americans than AIDS.
The good news is there's now a cure for Hepatitis C. The bad news is it literally comes at a very high price.
The medication -- known as Sovaldi, made by Gilead Sciences -- costs $1,000 a pill, and roughly $84,000 for a course of treatment.
"I have concerns about the cost of the regimen," says Dr. Richard Elion, director of clinical research at Whitman-Walker Health in D.C.
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6 comments:
Bet it wouldn't cost a illegal immigrants a penny.
The US pays a huge price for drugs to enable the rest of the world to get them for practically nothing.
well, how much would a Liver transplant be ? more than $84,000.
Is Ebola covered? Obamacare probably does not address it!
Sorry!
yea but not for illegals and welfarites
rich will survive , poor will die.
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