When your life depends on it

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 10:33 p.m.

After a rare cancer diagnosis, one family\u2019s battle with insurance and pharmaceutical companies, and the endless bureaucracy, teaches them about the price tag the medical system can put on a person\u2019s life.

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