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Thursday, August 07, 2014

Cure For Hepatitis C Comes With A Heavy Price Tag ($84,000)

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:

  1. Bet it wouldn't cost a illegal immigrants a penny.

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  2. The US pays a huge price for drugs to enable the rest of the world to get them for practically nothing.

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  3. well, how much would a Liver transplant be ? more than $84,000.

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  4. Is Ebola covered? Obamacare probably does not address it!

    Sorry!

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  5. yea but not for illegals and welfarites

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  6. rich will survive , poor will die.

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