I can tell you what happened with me.
First of, I received my Harvoni yesterday and popped the first pill pretty much immediately

However, if I hadn't gone to RPA in October, informed them I'd decided to buy generics and asked them for a script or at least to tell me what they WOULD be prescribing me if the drugs were available here, it wouldn't have happened as quickly.
My Dr told me the main reason the hospitals aren't stocking the drugs is funding, followed by red tape.
My pharmacist told me how much it was costing her to get me Harvoni. She will get the bulk of it back from the PBS but still.....
The govt is paying around $74 a tablet. Do you think that's a good deal?
The other question is where is that money coming from? Unfortunately funding for Harvoni etc is being taken away from other treatments to fund ours.
I am fully aware that my treatment comes at the expense of people with other conditions, and they also need treatment. I'm doing exactly what the doctors and nurses at RPA tell me. To the letter
Genotype 1a
Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so
EOT Results
Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND
12 Weeks post EOT
Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
Cured baby