The VA? Hmm... Were they able to give you any projections?
It is worth the wait if you are stage 1 or 2 or have no extrahepatic manifestations.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Express-Scripts-News-Flash-Harvoni/show/2345131
I'd give it a couple months. Keep bugging them to be treated. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I'd wait a long long time, until after the inevitable class action suit against Roche for INF and Ribavirin. None of the meds to date have been well assessed for long term sides / injuries.
Idi you see the new thread? One of our poster started the new treatment YEATERDAY!
I would expect, with what has been goingon w/VA medical treatment, they will be jumping all over this to get it on their Formulary, if it's not already there.
E-mail the new head of Va and suggest that: a) this is a GREAT way to treat so many Vets and hepc c is so common, and b) it would be a GREAT way to show, after all the medical mess they have had, that they are being responsive.
It surely couldn't hurt their media image, either! : -)
Pat