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Chakaconcarne

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8. Yeah, well check this out.....

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 04:36 PM

Feb 2015

A very LARGE percentage of inmates and mental health patients (government institutions) across this country have Hep C....and guess what happens when you DON'T treat them with this $84K medication? Think lawsuit....and do you think the drug mfr is aware of this? Pretty good chance, eh?

This is a very serious problem/moral dilemma. If this drug gets used, it could eat the entire medication budget for any institution treating these patients. A mental health patient might get their hep C treatment, but they won't be getting their anti-psychotic.

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Yeah, well check this out..... Chakaconcarne Feb 2015 #8