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Keyword: medicalprofiteering

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  • US starts grappling with ‘travesty’ of untreated hepatitis C

    12/21/2022 1:33:51 AM PST · by blueplum · 7 replies
    AP ^ | 20 Dec 2022 | LAURAN NEERGAARD
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Too many Americans are missing out on a cure for hepatitis C, and a study underway in a hard-hit corner of Kentucky is exploring a simple way to start changing that. The key: On-the-spot diagnosis to replace today’s multiple-step testing.... ...Testing isn’t the only hurdle. A full course of hepatitis C pills costs about $24,000 -- much less than when they first hit the market but enough that many states still restrict which Medicaid patients are treated...
  • ALS patients contend with $158K price tag on new drug

    12/18/2022 11:42:59 PM PST · by blueplum · 5 replies
    AP ^ | 17 Dec 2022 | MATTHEW PERRONE
    WASHINGTON (AP) — For two years, Becky Mourey pushed the Food and Drug Administration to approve an experimental drug for her Lou Gehrig’s disease. She went to members of Congress and health regulators to make the case for Relyvrio, until patient-advocates finally prevailed. In September, Relyvrio became only the third drug approved in the U.S. for ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable neurodegenerative disease that is usually fatal within five years. But patients and physicians who celebrated Relyvrio’s approval several months ago are now contending with the obstacles posed by the U.S. health care system. Their odyssey is an...