Reform package shows benefits of "right-to-try" and drawbacks of Medicaid expansion
NASHVILLE
– Today, the Beacon Center released its healthcare package, in which a
brand new policy priority for the upcoming legislative session was
announced. "Right-to-try" legislation would give hope to the terminally
ill by allowing them to use experimental drugs that have passed safety
testing, but have not yet been approved by the FDA.
“We
are proud to press for this reform that would have will have an
immediate benefit to terminally ill Tennesseans." said Beacon CEO Justin
Owen. "We cannot afford to wait any longer to give the sickest among us
the hope they so desperately need. This is an issue that both Democrats
and Republicans can get behind.”
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