The U.S. Senate is expected to vote this week on a massive health bill that aims to accelerate cancer, brain, and biomedical research by providing funding for academic institutions, and by loosening some federal regulations aimed at pharmaceutical companies.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack supports the so-called 21st Century Cures Act, in particular, the $1 billion marked to combat the opioid epidemic. He spoke to WCAI's Kathryn Eident about the bill, and some of the bill's critics.