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Addressing Medical Insurance Issues for Hep C Sufferers

You can write your representitives in Congress
and request that they address Insurance Issues for Hep C Suffers

What to do:
1)
 Copy the letter below,
2)  Type your zip code into the box below and click the "go" button.
3)  When you get to the Congress.org site, Paste the contents of the letter into your representative(s) blank e-mail page.  You may ersonalize it if you want.
4)  Sign it and send. That's all there is to it.

As my representative, you ought to know liver disease is one of the major killers in America today.

Hepatitis C alone has been called a "silent epidemic" by former surgeon general Everett Koop, MD, and it is estimated that as many as 4 million Americans are infected.

The death rate due to complications from this disease is expected to quadruple in the next 10 years. Hepatitis is the number one cause for liver transplants and those numbers are rising exponentially.

There is no approved cure and current treatment has an inadequate success rate, even by physician standards (while often causing debilitating side effects).

A study presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases meeting on Tuesday November 9, 1999 concluded that long-term damage from hepatitis C infections may cost the U.S. economy more than $81 billion by 2019.

The study, by researchers from the New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, looked at what costs can be expected in the ten years from 2010 to 2019 as a result of the long-term effects of hepatitis C infections.

Most people infected by the virus do not notice any symptoms until serious liver damage starts 20 years or so later, although testing can detect the infection and lead to early treatment.

The study used a computer model to estimate the level of disease and death expected in the period 2010-2019 from existing and future infections. It found that the medical costs of treating such liver damage as cirrhosis and cancer would total at least $10.3 billion in those ten years.

Productivity lost to the work force from hepatitis C complications and death would equal another $71.5 billion, the researchers, led by Dr John Wong, said. "Our results suggest that hepatitis C will be an awakening health issue that should be addressed now," Wong said in his paper.

Because the current medically approved treatment for this disease is so expensive some health insurance companies may balk or drag their feet when it comes to approving or paying for treatment. Futher, there are extremely effective alternative treatments that receive no coverage by insurance providers.

I am requesting that you investigate this important area of public health and sponsor or co-sponsor legislation to look into the details in regard to this issue.

Thank you for your attention and consideration in regard to this serious matter.

Sincerely,


 


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