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Email your governor and state Medicaid director today urging them to commit to lifting these barriers for Medicaid beneficiaries to eliminate hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C is our nation’s deadliest bloodborne infectious disease, yet many state Medicaid programs have discriminatory restrictions that keep Americans from being cured and stop us from ending the epidemic.
* The following states have removed prior authorization for most patients entirely: Alaska, California, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHLPI & NVHR Statement on New CDC Data Revealing Impact of Insurance Barriers on Hepatitis C Treatment Access WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 9, 2022) – The Center for… [Read More]
Email your governor and state Medicaid director today urging them to commit to lifting these barriers for Medicaid beneficiaries to eliminate hepatitis C.
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