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Don’t wait. Gilead/McKesson has a payer assistance program to help folks get the medicine.

My insurance was cancelled by the Obamacare mandate and I had to use the state exchange to get an Obamacare mandated policy so I too thought I wouldn’t get treatment either.

However, after talking to my liver specialist, we found Gilead’s program and another my state offers, (it apparently is believed cheaper to pay for treatment than a liver transplant or let patients go untreated), which brings my cost for this very expensive drug down to a $5.00 monthly co-pay.

Please, go see your doctor or call Gilead/McKesson at the number listed on their website. Good luck.

Gilead also has another drug, 100% effective, in the FDA pipeline and they believe they’ll have a vaccination for Hep C in 5-10 years.

Go see your doctor, please.

I travel to L.A. once a year to see my specialist (he's head of the liver clinic at UCLA). I have an appointment in early May, so I'll see what he has to say about getting the drug.

So far he's been telling me that the hep C won't be what kills me (as long as I avoid alcohol) and my liver numbers have been almost normal... but I certainly would like to be able to drink again (I'm Irish after all!).

But thanks for the tip... I'll also investigate the options through their web site.