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by mhalle 10y ago
Our medical and social systems are ill-equipped to deal with cures for widespread diseases, which is what Harvoni and its related drugs are. We are used to paying for disease on time: relatively small amounts of money for periodic treatme
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by mhalle 10y ago
Absolutely. Possibly millions of people were exposed to HCV through the blood supply before 1992, and many still don't know they were infected. Since HCV may take 20-30 years to show symptoms, it is a potential public health time bomb
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by mhalle 10y ago
Minor correction: the total bill for a liver transplant is more like $700-800K, medical alone (not including personal costs such as loss of productivity or wages).
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by mhalle 10y ago
There are some reports of side effects of varying degree, but in general Harvoni's side effects are extremely mild. When I did the trial, my physician indicated that in previous trials, patients couldn't reliably distinguish Harvo
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by mhalle 10y ago
> "The most frequently reported adverse reactions were mostly mild to moderate in severity and were manageable without the need for modification of doses or discontinuation of therapy." Having gone through two interferon treatm
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by mhalle 11y ago
> After thrusting much of the health system firmly under government control, Everyone outside of Medicare is in private insurance, which is regulated but not "firmly under government control". > raising costs substantially,
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by mhalle 11y ago
Danny Hillis introduced Marvin at the MIT Media Lab's 30th anniversary in October 2015, where they both participated in a remarkable panel discussion. Though not as strong and fast-talking as he once was, Marvin's humor and wisdom