With few initial symptoms, hepatitis C is often not diagnosed until the appearance of chronic liver disease and liver cancer, making screening an option for insurers, says Jon Lambert
The World Health Organization (WHO) compares hepatitis C to a viral time bomb, estimating that about 3% of the world's population has been infected. This has created about 200 million chronic carriers, according to the WHO. Most of these people do not know they are ill and therefore are at risk of more serious complications. Such is the extent of the disease that for every one person who is infected with HIV, there are more than four infected with hepatitis C. The WHO indicates that as many as four million individuals may be chronically infected in the US, 10 million people in Europe,...
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