“I want to thank Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for his work in getting insurers to change their coverage guidelines for life saving Hepatitis C drugs. Many patients are forced to wait until they are in the late stages of the disease; after serious liver damage has already occurred. We are lucky to be at a point where new drugs are able to cure this once incurable disease with a simple regimen of medication with little side effects.

This is great news for the thousands of New Yorkers who are awaiting treatment. I applaud the Attorney General and his office for working with the insurers to expand coverage.”