According to nbcnews.com, "Hepatitis treatment pits patients against insurance companies and lawmakers against drugmakers. States, which cover a huge number of hepatitis sufferers... are stuck with some of the biggest bills." Matt Salo, the director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, stated, "There are probably a million people who have hepatitis C in the Medicaid world... When it costs $64,000 to cure hepatitis C, that’s a great deal.