https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/1...ill-461375

The Democratic converse of Republicans opposing medical marijuana for the terminally ill.

"House Republicans failed Tuesday evening to pass a "right-to-try" bill that would give terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs without FDA authorization after failing to muster enough votes to approve it through an expedited process....

“This legislation delivers the false hope to patients and their families that they will receive a cure to their underlying disease or condition,” House Energy and Commerce ranking member Frank Pallone said. The bill is also “based on false premise that patients are not receiving access to investigational treatments as a result of the Food and Drug Administration."
Republicans strongly disagreed that the bill would provide dying patients with unreasonable expectations about their chance at a cure.
“There is no false hope. They know it’s a Hail Mary pass,""

Don't know how to feel about this. If the tab is being picked up by Medicare, experimental treatment isn't cheap and has very long odds. In some ways I believe the drug companies should offer the experimental treatment for free if someone wants to try it. Free lab rats and the drug companies get the financial benefits of future sales if it works and legal immunity if it doesn't.