Anyone on a Viramidine Study

[nauti754]

I am looking for anyone who may be on the Viramidine Study. I started pills last week(or a placebo0, and the Injetions using the Redipen start in about 3 more weeks. I know the information we share here my be somewhat limited, but I am looking to share the tx experience with others. If you are currently under way with tx, please share any sx info, or anything else you care to share. Best of luck and thanks.

[cuteus]

The Medicaid costs have risen considerably in the last years and NYS is begining to address many loopholes that allow people with large resources(like Mario Cuomo's mom) to be eligible for MA.  That is one system that is taxing the taxpayers considerably with programs filled with so many holes, the ones they were intended for are the minority. Folks with mansions are elibible for MA and demanding things like home care, to help clean up their mansions, all paid for by MA.  You get a good share of fraud that drains more tax money and there are not enough investigators to catch them all.  If we want health care coverage to be available to those who truly needed, we got to start closing the holes where huge amounts of money are draining.  It is not free care, we are all paying for it.

[beamishboy]

we had all better agree to disagree..Politics is such a dirty business,and no one is going to win this debate;which,i feel Andy has conducted w/ considerable elan..Try to remember that it.doesn't make me an American basher to recognize truth about problems in our system..
Can we get on with informing and supporting fellow hep-c folks..?

[can-do-man]

Thats you right to believe what you want. But when andy or anyone else tells a flat out lie it does no one here any good at all. But i quess that doesn't matter to you.

[cougareyes]

Insurance is availabe to all, many companies have opened group policys up for the individual to join. When I was self employed I had a few options to insure myself. These policies were just as comparible to the insurance I have now. I opted to spend that money elsewhere as many other people are doing now. The money I excessively spent could have easily paid for a health insurance package. We all choose where we want to spend our money, if I choose to party 24/7 and not pay for a health insurance policy; why should someone else pay that for me. Even people that work at fast food resturants have the opportunity to be insured, but they would rather take that $15-20 a week and have a party.
There are people that honestly don't have the means and capabilities to do this on their on, and I'm for helping those. But the ones that make selfish decisions and then think the slack should be taken up by the government, charity groups, and others is just wrong. People must be held accountable for their own actions and bad decisions, society as a whole should not be responsible. Just one man's thoughts.   Peace

[andyarundel]

Snook if all you can find is very old references to individual problems with Canada

[Mister beagle bailey]

Guys you are missing the point, did any one read my post above this one?  We are paying for life benefits for goverment workers  who has the best in the world. Please read it.

As a business man who owned 2 businesses and payed medical for my employees and my family for years,I was up set when my son in his senior year of High school was very sick and his medical bills were very high.  On the renewal date a few months later the Insurance company decided to drop us. I contacted my lawyer and was informed that there is nothing I can do.  It appears that the insurance co. has more rights then I, because I owned a small  business only large companies were protected.  Mean while my son was still sick and much care which I paid out of my pockets.  This all because of the lobbist in Washington who are paid back for their contrabutions.

So you see I've been there and found out how the system works.

Peace,

BB