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| Hepatitis C drug may be costly for Pennsylvania prisons |
| By triblive.com- Debra Erdley |
| Published: 05/30/2017 |
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A pricey miracle drug that can cure hepatitis C has created new health care issues at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, where about 5,400 inmates have been diagnosed with the disease. Prison officials said they plan to treat about 250 of the most seriously ill inmates next year at an estimated cost of $14 million, or about $56,000 per inmate. That's more than one third of the total estimated drug cost of $39 million for some 47,400 inmates. A federal appeals court already is weighing the department's actions involving providing treatment to Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Philadelphia man serving life for the murder of a police officer. Read More. |
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