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| Michigan prisoners may get $1K-per-pill hepatitis C care |
| By detroitnews.com- Karen Bouffard |
| Published: 07/31/2014 |
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A new hepatitis C treatment that costs $1,000 a pill will soon be given to some Michigan prison inmates. The same drug isn’t available to most Michiganians, whose insurance companies won’t pay for it. It may become broadly available to people on Medicaid. The Department of Corrections 2015 budget, which totals roughly $2 billion and takes effect Oct. 1, includes $4.4 million for Solvida, a drug with a high success rate in treating the disease without the debilitating side effects associated with standard treatments. Read More. |
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