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73. Who Pays for Multimillion-Dollar Miracle Cures?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Medicaid Provides the State of Louisiana With as Much Drug as They Will Ever Need

In the US alone, as many as 4.7 million people live with Hep C. It's a viral infection that spreads through the blood and causes liver damage. A drug company called Gilead developed Sovaldi in 2013. The medication was approved by the FDA and came to market in December 2013.

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