Judge Orders Washington Medicaid to Provide Hepatitis C Drug
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Washington Medicaid to provide an expensive drug to all hepatitis C patients, not just the sickest ones.
The Seattle Times reports U.S. District Court Judge John C. Coughenour granted a preliminary injunction Friday that forces the state Health Care Authority to stop a 2015 policy that restricted access to the drugs based on a measure of liver scarring...