Between 50% and 60% of people with sickle cell in the U.S. have Medicaid coverage and the participating states represent about 84% of Medicaid beneficiaries with the condition, the agency said.

Crushing pain episodes brought on by his sickle cell disease were getting progressively worse. "It's just been hard skipping school and always being in and out of the hospital," the 19-year-old said.

According to Coherent Market Insights (CMI), the global sickle cell disease treatment market size is expected to expand from ...

But researchers say these new therapies can be life-changing for many patients. Sickle cell disease has plagued 15-year-old Langston Bennett of Los Angeles with debilitating pain crises.

But if banks partnered with Medicaid, they could finance sickle cell gene therapies in bulk for a discount, say $1.7 million, then Medicaid would amortize the loan over several decades, the same ...

Deshawn "DJ" Chow is one of just over 100 sickle cell patients who have undergone treatment with new gene therapies. CVS Health CEO David Joyner said private insurers and employer-sponsored health ...

When new sickle cell gene therapies were approved by the Food and Drug Administration just over a year ago, Chow's adopted parents sought out City of Hope Children's Cancer Center in Los Angeles ...