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I was recently diagnosed with Hep C. I've probably had for 30-40 years. (I let a girl I was "dating" talk me into shooting me up with cocaine back in the late 70s) Thankfully there's a cure now. I just have to take one pill a day for three months and I'll be cured. But, my liver is in stage 4 (out of 5) non-alcoholic cirrhosis. Stage 5 and you're only hope is a transplant.
There is big problem the cure. My copay with Medicare is $3700 a month! Almost everybody is able to get a grant from a private foundation (Health Well in my case) but is that really the best solution? In India you can get the full 3 month supply for $900 dollars and no where in the world pays close to the amount that we do. Actually the UK is pretty close.
I'm grateful for all the help I'm getting but the question of why we, the people who paid for most of the research and development, are the ones who have to pay the most of any country in the world have to once again carry the burden remains.
Even if you nor anyone you care about is dealing with Hep this an issue affects you in ways you may not know. Watch this film. The guy in it is a hero and it exposes the pharmaceutical industry for blood suckers they are and raises questions of Govt corruption and greed.
There is big problem the cure. My copay with Medicare is $3700 a month! Almost everybody is able to get a grant from a private foundation (Health Well in my case) but is that really the best solution? In India you can get the full 3 month supply for $900 dollars and no where in the world pays close to the amount that we do. Actually the UK is pretty close.
I'm grateful for all the help I'm getting but the question of why we, the people who paid for most of the research and development, are the ones who have to pay the most of any country in the world have to once again carry the burden remains.
Even if you nor anyone you care about is dealing with Hep this an issue affects you in ways you may not know. Watch this film. The guy in it is a hero and it exposes the pharmaceutical industry for blood suckers they are and raises questions of Govt corruption and greed.