Pamela Anderson Drained Bank Account for Hepatitis C Cure Before 2015 Recovery
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Pamela Anderson Drained Bank Account for Hepatitis C Cure Before 2015 Recovery
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Summary
Anderson said at amfAR’s Venice gala that she spent everything in her bank account on an early hepatitis C treatment because insurance did not yet cover it.
Diagnosed in the late 1990s, the 59-year-old said the disease left her carrying fear, shame and guilt, especially over what could happen to her young children.
A cure became available roughly 10 years later, and Anderson said she felt guilty that she could access the treatment while others could not.
Anderson announced in 2015 that she was hepatitis C-free after a yearlong FDA-approved regimen and said her later work helped fuel her comeback.