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Michael Burgess: “I always got the impression that when Hepatitis C, when SOVALDI came down the pike, that the payers at the State level…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2018
I always got the impression that when Hepatitis C, when SOVALDI came down the pike, that the payers at the State level, certainly the Medicaid payers, were not ready for what was happening.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess reflects on the unpreparedness of payers for new Hepatitis C treatments.

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