Guess who is getting Sued? Blue Cross by HCV/Hepatitis C Patient

A Los Angeles lady is suing Anthem Blue Cross guaranteeing the insurance agency is denying her scope for a Hepatitis C medicate that could cure her.

Jane Blumenfeld said it has been 14 years of apprehension and instability since she was determined to have Hepatitis C. She doesn't know when her wellbeing could get ugly.

It all began when she attempted to give blood.

"The following day they called me at work and said, 'I think you have Hepatitis C.' It was actually all of a sudden," she said.

There is another medication called Harvoni, which is compelling at curing Hepatitis C, yet Anthem has denied her treatment.

In a letter, Anthem said it is not medicinally vital on the grounds that Blumenfeld is not sufficiently debilitated to get the drug.

Song of praise likewise said it may endorse the drug if Blumenfeld has propelled scarring in her liver. She must be stage 3 or higher, as per her lawyer, Ricardo Echeverria.

He trusts it is all due to the expense of the medication. For 12 weeks of treatment, Harvoni costs $94,000.

"In the event that you hold up until stage 3, or God prohibit stage 4 when you've got scarring on you're liver, the Harvoni may in any case cure the ailment, however it's not going to cure the scarring. That puts you at an expanded danger for liver disease," Echeverria said.

Dr. Diminish Ruane utilizes a fibroscan to figure out what stage the individual's liver has advanced. He said there are quite a few people with Hepatitis C and treating every one of them without a moment's delay would be lavish and hard to do.

"Hepatitis C advances gradually. All in all, it takes 20 to 30 years in addition to for somebody to go from introductory disease to cirrhosis," he said.

Blumenfeld feels it is a ticking time bomb. She may get the treatment if the malady deteriorates, and she doesn't know whether by then it may be past the point of no return.

"Whether it increase rapidly or gradually, or you get something tomorrow and all of you of the sudden have liver disease - these are the things that are so appalling to live with," she said.