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House panel weighs legislation to ease access to vital medications
16 other states have passed proposal
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Brannen Whirledge was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, two years ago at age 4. His family tried for months to find an effective medicine for him that didn’t produce unpleasant side effects, such as nausea and fatigue. Finally, they found what his mother, Melissa, calls “a miracle pill,” the drug Colazal.
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