The Cure Hepatitis C Act 2025 introduced by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) aims to establish a national program to eliminate hepatitis C in the United States. The bill focuses on expanding access to treatment, particularly for vulnerable populations like those in Medicaid, correctional facilities and the uninsured through an innovative model which allows the federal government to negotiate an agreement with 1 or 2 pharmaceutical companies for unlimited access to HCV medications for these populations in exchange for a fixed annual fee to the drug company.

As the bill moves through the legislative process, massive grassroots advocacy is needed to ensure that it gets the necessary co-sponsorships to pass. To this end, TAG organized community webinar on July 29 for community organizations and advocates to raise awareness about the bill, and to prepare them to meet and engage with their Senators during the August recess in their district offices or Town Hall meetings to share their lived and living personal experiences and stories on HCV, and the need to ensure the bill passes. The recording of the wbinar is below.