Lawmakers at both the state and federal levels are pushing measures to give terminally ill Kansans quicker access to potentially life-saving drugs. Heartland Health Monitor's Andy Marso recently traveled to Emporia to talk to one of the Kansans seeking access to an experimental drug and the state lawmaker who's trying to help her.
Reporter Andy Marso works for the KHI News Service in Topeka.
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