That raises two questions: * The article is about someone underinsured who went to India. Why couldn't he get free drugs from Gilead instead of needing to jump

That raises two questions: * The article is about someone underinsured who went to India. Why couldn't he get free drugs from Gilead instead of needing to jump through some hoops in India? * Wouldn't insurance companies just decline to pay for every expensive treatment? Probably customers won't want to go through prolonged legal battles fighting them for $84000 if they can get the treatment for free. Then again, $1.3 billion in a quarter is only something like 15,500 full-price treatments. The CDC site[1] says there are 3.5 million sufferers. Maybe they expect most people not to pay, so millionaires and some insured will pay. [1] http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/cfaq.htm#cFAQ21 http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/cfaq.htm#cFAQ21