Did a little research on the new Hep-c 'cure'.  A drug cocktail used for 12 weeks which eliminated the virus from the bloodstream completely in trials.  The catch is the FDA still hasn't approved it and the 12 week drug treatment costs a minimum of $84,000.  

Fancy drugs with a lot of R&D from several pharmaceutical companies which cost a whole lot of money.  Mostly for one company buying another company to get the patent rights because the individual drugs have been around for years.  It is the cocktail combination.

Obviously the insurance companies don't want to touch it because of cost and the patients usually are poor so no copay ability so there is a big question of practicality.  However consider this:

In Egypt, which has the world's highest rate of hepatitis C, sofosbuvir costs $300 for a 28-day supply.  (http://www.scientificamerican.com/)

2 things; Muslims don't do drugs?  Why $83,700 less in Egypt?   Something is totally rotten somewhere!!