MassHealth to pay for hepatitis C drugs for all infected members | By Felice J. Freyer
The state’s Medicaid program announced Thursday it is lifting restrictions that prevented many patients from getting powerful drugs that can cure hepatitis C, after negotiating new discounts from two manufacturers.
The changes at MassHealth, as the program is known, take effect Aug. 1.
The agreement lowers the cost of three brands of a new class of drugs that are highly effective against the liver-destroying virus — but are expensive.
