http://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-outraged-over-hepatitis-c-treatment-va-cant-afford/

I don’t know anything about this site but they claim to advocate for Vets.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/contact/about-us/

I am old enough to remember the Vietnam war. I was in the US in the early 70’s and I remember those guys coming back from that filthy war (aren’t they all?). Some of them were all messed up, in all kinds of ways. I still have fond memories of some that I met. I’d like to think that the ones that are still around could all get immediate access to the meds that they need. It’s now late in the day but after all that they went through I think it is time for them to catch a break,

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Dr Schinazi retired two days before the meeting where he was supposed to testify.
Now he’s saying that he didn’t discover sof. That a doctor workin for him at Pharmasset did.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/02/05/former-va-scientist-responds-to-lawmakers-suspicions-drug-sale.html

The Congressional meeting….

They are such liars. They started off by saying there are 200,000 veterans with hep C, then Dr Chang said it was only 180,000 and at the end Dr Shulkin said there are 116,000. Liars.

Last year, Dr Ross, Director of the Hepatitis C program told us there are 233,000 Veterans with Hepatitis C under the care of the VA, 180,000 diagnosed and the rest undiagnosed.

Dr Shulkin also said the VA cannot disclose how much they are paying Gilead for treatment. But they have disclosed it in the past.

During the meeting, one of the members of Congress talked about how the meds cost very little in other countries and then asked why can’t they just give Veterans a first class ticket to one of the places that had cheap meds. He said, ” it would be cheaper, we should look into that”

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Regarding sending vets to abroad for tx:

Well, that would make sense in a government way. Like moving an aircraft carrier under a hovering helicopter so it could land….
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