Hepatitis C Medication Jolts Cost Of Medicare Part D

Medicare spent $4.5 billion last year on new, pricey medications that cure the liver disease hepatitis C — more than 15 times what it spent the year before on older treatments for the disease, previously undisclosed federal data shows.Read full article >>

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