Four opposition parties jointly submitted a bill Friday to the Lower House that would greatly reduce medical costs that hepatitis B and C patients need to shoulder for expensive interferon treatment and antiviral medication. Last April, the government... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Fri, Feb 20 2009
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