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Coverage Restrictions for Hepatitis C Drugs

The Editors at Hepatitis Central
October 22, 2015

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Find out three common policies that insurance companies generally use to limit access for Hepatitis C patients to direct-acting antivirals.
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How insurance providers deny hepatitis C patients lifesaving drugs

October 16, 2015

by Sony Salzman

Doctors say up to 80 percent of patients are denied expensive but effective drugs like Harvoni.

Amber Rojas was almost eight months pregnant when she learned she had hepatitis C. After her daughter was born on Dec. 23, 2014, Rojas had hoped to start treatment with a newly approved, highly effective drug called Harvoni.

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