hepatitis c
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ACLU of Colorado gets a win on Hep C medication for Medicaid recipients, turns to prisons
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The state of Colorado will no longer provide Medicaid recipients with a lesser-quality medicine for Hepatitis C, an issue at the center of an ACLU of Colorado lawsuit. Instead the state will provide a newer antiviral medication that’s much more effective, the ACLU said Friday. “Federal law requires that Medicaid provide all medically necessary treatment,”…
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A safe place to use drugs: Denver council president favors proposal for supervised injection site
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As the opioid epidemic rages on across the country, officials back home are exploring ways to buck the trend of overdose deaths and the spread of disease due to dirty needle use. Denver City Council President Albus Brooks on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposal to provide a safe place for illicit drug users…
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Lawsuit aims at expanding treatment for Colorado prisoners suffering from Hepatitis C
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The ACLU of Colorado filed a federal class action lawsuit last week aimed at pressuring the Colorado Department of Corrections to expand treatment for prisoners with Hepatitis C. The civil rights group says as many as 2,200 prisoners are suffering from the life-threatening illness. “Colorado has an immense public health crisis in its prisons,” said…
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Inmate Hepatitis C treatment costs questioned
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It costs the Colorado Department of Corrections $57,000 to treat each of 32 inmates infected with Hepatitis C with expensive new drugs that have had a 100 percent success rate. That cost did not sit well with members of the Colorado House and Senate Judiciary committees when the Joint Budget Committee presented the figures during…
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Pryor: Federal court ruling favors treating all hepatitis C Medicaid patients
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A new federal ruling could be a game changer for hepatitis C patients, if Medicaid officials read it and do the right thing. Amazing new drugs can cure hepatitis C before it spreads, leads to expensive medical conditions and kills. The cures, with success rates exceeding 90 percent, save money and lives. But state Medicaid…
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Laugesen: Colorado Medicaid discriminating against patients with hepatitis C
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Colorado’s Medicaid coverage restrictions on new hepatitis C cures are discriminating against patients with the disease. A recent meeting of the Colorado Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee reinforced that point as legislators asked a ranking state health official why Colorado Medicaid helps so few hepatitis C patients in time to save money and lives. “People with…
