Panel urges expanded access to hepatitis C drugs

More people may be eligible for hepatitis C treatment under a recent proposal.Low-income Vermonters will find it easier in the future to get live-savings drugs to cure hepatitis C.
The board that decides which drugs are available to Medicaid patients has recommended that the state lift almost all of its restrictions on access to expensive hepatitis C medications.
The recommendation from the advisory board came after more than two years of advocacy from the Vermont Coalition for Access to HCV Tre