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New treatment for Hepatitis C could cost state millions |
By clarionledger.com- Jimmie E. Gates |
Published: 07/24/2014 |
A new drug regimen for hepatitis C could cost the state as much as $775 million a year by 2016 for Medicaid and incarcerated patients, a new national study says. The study says the treatment could cost every Mississippian $259, putting the state in the top five nationally. State legislatures across the country will have to find billions in their budgets to purchase the costly new therapy, according to the state-by-state analysis released this week by pharmacy benefit company Express Scripts. Read More. |
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