ANY PERSON WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL 911, OR THE DODGE REGION CONSTABLE'' S OFFICE. LEGISLATOR SMITH IS PRODUCTION HER FIRST BIG PRESS IN WASHINGTON. PREVIOUS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA WAS APPOINTED IN DECEMBER AFTER SENATOR FRANKEN RESIGNED. TODAY An EXPENSE WAS INTRODUCED THAT SHE HOPES WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A BIG INFLUENCE ON AMERICANS THAT DEPEND ON PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS. WE SEE HOW SHE GOT INDIVIDUAL WITH INDIVIDUALS FROMMENT THAT ARE SWIMMING IN DEBT DUE TO THEIR DRUG. Reporter: FOR SOME, PILLS ARE AN PERIODIC NEED. FOR OTHERS, MEDICINE, A DAILY LIFELINE. ASSISTING ME SUSTAIN LIFE. Press reporter: PRIOR TO SHE BATTLING CANCER CELLS, SHE FOUGHT OTHER TEAMS ON THE ICE, PLAYING FOR THE GOPHERS AS WELL AS IN THE OLYMPICS.SHE ' S NEVER
SMOKED IN HER LIFE. I LOCATE A MASS IN MY RIGHT LUNG AS WELL AS AFTER THAT I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PHASE 4 LUNG CANCER. Press reporter: MEDICATION IS MAINTAINING HER CANCER BUT COMES AT FANTASTIC PRICE TO HER AND HER YOUNG CHILD BEARING IN MIND OUTS OF POCKET EXPENSES, $9,000 A MONTH WITH INSURANCE COVERAGE. Press reporter: WITH INSURANCE? YES. Press reporter: SEVERAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS SHARE THEIR TALES OF LARGE OUT OF POCKET COSTS WITH LEGISLATOR SMITH, EXPENSES FOR MS. THE PRICES HAVE GONE FROM AN. OF $16,000 A YEAR TO 80, TO $90,000 A YEAR. Press reporter: PRICES FOR THE HIV THERAPY. THIS, RIGHT HERE, IS $4,600. WE HAVE REACHED BE ABLE TO DO BETTER THAN THIS IN THIS NATION. Reporter: SHE IS SPONSORING HER FIRST COSTS IN HOPES IT WILLOWER COSTS AS WELL AS NEED TRANSPARENCY WITH MEDICATION COMPANIES AND ALSO MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO JA FAIR RICKS. I HAVE An EXPENSE THAT WOULD STOP THE BIG BRAND NAME BUSINESS FROM PAYING THE JA FAIR RICK DRUG COMPANIES TO KEEP THEIR PRODUCTS OFF THE MARKET.THAT ' S SIMPLY INCORRECT. SHE'STATES SHE WILL CERTAINLY BATTLE AS THEY DO. EITHER LIFE OR PROVIDE INTO THE CANCER AND I SELECT TO HANDLE THAT FINANCIAL DEBT AND ALSO PROVIDE MYSELF A REMOTE POSSIBILITY. Press reporter: WCCO 4 INFORMATION.
