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Author Topic: good news / bad news  (Read 7979 times)

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Offline jberlin

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good news / bad news
« on: January 06, 2014, 02:04:44 pm »
Well, the good news is the cure rates and treatment times are both improving... bad news is the cost!  More treatment options still to come soon, but at what cost?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5t1YaJ8gMA&feature=youtu.be

-jack

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Re: good news / bad news
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2014, 02:15:41 pm »
Hi Jack,
Great video. Without discussing the ethics or morality, the good news is that Gilead is doing a lot to keep patient costs very low. However, I can't wait until the drugs in the pipeline give them a bit of competition. I really want patients to hear that this exorbitant price doesn't mean that this drug is too costly for them.
Thanks for posting this.
Lucinda
Lucinda Porter, RN
1988 Contracted HCV
1997 Interferon nonresponder
2003 PEG + ribavirin responder-relapser
2013 Cured (Harvoni + ribavirin clinical trial)
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Offline jberlin

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Re: good news / bad news
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2014, 02:36:31 pm »
Technically, everyone in the USA will be able to afford assuming Sofosbuvir is approved by the insurance company, as everyone now can get health insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions because of the ACA. The insurance companies won't pay anywhere close to the published costs either.  Like you, I can't wait to see what comes next... Hep C may get eradicated in our lifetimes - it's my hope anyway. -jack

 


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