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| Hepatitis cure for R.I. inmate: $1,000 a day |
| By providencejournal.com- Tom Mooney |
| Published: 06/16/2014 |
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The Rhode Island Department of Corrections has started paying for the treatment of a prison inmate with hepatitis C that relies on a breakthrough new drug that can cure the disease in months but comes with an astronomical cost of $1,000 a day. The federal Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Sovaldi to cure the liver-destroying disease in December. But a single 12-week course of the much-heralded pill can cost $85,000. Still, Rhode Island prison officials plan to begin treating three more inmates starting July 1 for an additional estimated cost of $225,000 and have informed the governor and lawmakers that they will need a supplemental budget appropriation for a still unknown total amount. Read More. |
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