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A letter from 124 patient groups urges the White House to make drugs more affordable—and spells out how it can do so.

NAFLD is the leading indicator of mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Though low, this figure is three times the rate of discontinuation seen in clinical trials.

Tell us about your health care coverage

Medicare Advantage plans have lower premiums than Medigap plans but can be very expensive if you have a serious disease such as cancer.

Adults with chronic liver disease are more than twice as likely than those without the condition to have barriers to medical care.

Medicare plans vary and can sometimes be difficult to decipher. Does your plan cover hepatitis C treatment?

The Trump administration had proposed changing which meds were covered, including HIV and cancer drugs.

The proposal rolls back nondiscrimination policies of the Affordable Care Act, notably for transgender people and women who had abortions.

Insurance companies can no longer implement harmful co-pay accumulator policies.

A look at the supply chain that results in very high costs for HIV and hepatitis C medications.

The patient advocacy coalition I Am Essential sent a letter to the HHS spelling out why the plan is dangerous.

Plans have increasingly instituted preauthorization requirements for the opioid medication-assisted treatment buprenorphine.

The drugs are set to come out in January 2019 with a list price of $24,000 for the most common dose for each.

The denial rate, which is higher for the privately insured than those with Medicaid or Medicare, is on the rise.

This is according to an analysis of hep C treatment rates at four large urban hospital systems.