The Hill-Burton Program
This is one of the oldest funding resources available to people treating HCV, created far back in 1947.
This program requires medical facilities established – in whole or part – to provide HCV treatment to patients (covered by the Hill-Burton program) at substantially reduced costs.
The story goes back to 1946 when Congress passed legislation that endowed medical facilities, cutting across nursing homes and hospitals with loans for renovating their facilities or extending them.
The agreement mandated recipients to return the loan in subsidized treatment programs for people in their residency.
While funding was terminated in 1997, an estimated 140 medical facilities across the United States are still obligated to provide cost-downsized medical services to people in their proximity.
Such subsidized service provision has been ongoing, with free service delivery running into $6 billion provided to qualified patients since 1980 via the Hill-Burton program.
As an HCV patient, you can leverage this program to shrink the cost of your treatment. To qualify, your income levels must correspond with the HHS Poverty Guidelines.
Take note that the Hill-Burton program only provides funding assistance for expenditures incurred in one of its obligated health facilities.
This means extraneously incurred expenses in treatment, say from private physicians, are not covered by this program. You can find more information on this funding program here.