Coverage Restrictions for Hepatitis C Drugs
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The Editors at Hepatitis Central
October 22, 2015
Find out three common policies that insurance companies generally use to limit access for Hepatitis C patients to direct-acting antivirals.
How insurance providers deny hepatitis C patients lifesaving drugs
October 16, 2015
by Sony Salzman
Doctors say up to 80 percent of patients are denied expensive but effective drugs like Harvoni.
Amber Rojas was almost eight months pregnant when she learned she had hepatitis C. After her daughter was born on Dec. 23, 2014, Rojas had hoped to start treatment with a newly approved, highly effective drug called Harvoni.
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I am currently fighting my insurance provider who is denying my claim for Solvadi and Ribivarian combo drug treatment because I tested positive for marijuana. I never did use drugs and started smoking marijuana to help me eat and sleep and cope with my disease not knowing that this would be the very reason insurance is denying me treatment for 6 to 9 months. This is because I already have cirrhosis and they say it will take at least 3 months to get the marijuana out of my system and I have to be drug free for six months. I am already working a plan B to travel to India for 3 months to be treated for I fear continuing permanent damage to my liver and other complications and treatment in the US is too expensive without the help of my insurance. I do not believe this is fair and is a breach of my insurance contract which does not disclose this “drug free policy”. I am appealing the decision now and intend on filing a law suit after that because I do not think they should be able to legally collect my premiums, fail to disclose this policy and then use that policy to prevent me access to this life saving medication treatment. Has anybody else been denied treatment because of a non disclosed drug policy?
You should file one. I was about to sue New mexico for their “guidelines for treatment”. They wanted to wait until i had cirrohsis to treat me. I hope things have turned around for you.
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If they tell you you do not meet protocols. Sue them. Medicaid had “guidelines” for treatment, but they were illegal. The drug manufacturer has no such criteria only that you meet the genotype requirement. All the state medicaid offices have changed their illegal criteria due to fear of class action lawsuit.
There’s been a few states that got sued, and now anyone that has Medicaid (state ins.) gets treatment.
If u feel good enough, find a lawyer that helps for free or reduced fee and get more people to give stories of their hardships. All of us need to help all across the country.
Just remember, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!