Courts Force States to Provide Costly Hep C Treatment

Via Stateline  By: Michael Ollove Recent court rulings and settlements have found that states cannot withhold potentially life-saving but expensive medications from Medicaid beneficiaries and prison inmates who have chronic hepatitis C. In the latest ruling, chief judge of the U.S. Southern District of Indiana Jane Magnus-Stinson said that withholding or delaying treatment from hepatitis … Continue reading Courts Force States to Provide Costly Hep C Treatment