> Can’t imagine having to decide to risk my entire financial future to deal with Hep C.
You'll be glad then to hear that very few people actually are.
Those prices that are cited are meaningless - most insurance plans these days will cover the drugs, and even the insurance companies aren't paying those prices to the pharmaceutical companies, because there's such fierce competition among the companies producing HCV drugs that they'll cut deals with the insurer for a tiny fraction of those sticker prices.
You'll be glad then to hear that very few people actually are.
Those prices that are cited are meaningless - most insurance plans these days will cover the drugs, and even the insurance companies aren't paying those prices to the pharmaceutical companies, because there's such fierce competition among the companies producing HCV drugs that they'll cut deals with the insurer for a tiny fraction of those sticker prices.