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Michael Burgess: “It seems we are at a crossroads when lifesaving treatments, while not yet approved, exist but patient cannot have…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2017
It seems we are at a crossroads when lifesaving treatments, while not yet approved, exist but patient cannot have access.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess highlights the dilemma of access to unapproved lifesaving treatments.

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