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To help patients like him, former Obama staffer helps pass law for ALS patients to get quicker access to drugs

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Sandra Abrevaya helps her husband, Brian Wallach, walk at their Kenilworth home on Feb. 13, 2022. Wallach was diagnosed with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in 2017 at the age of 37 and was told he wouldn’t life past his infant daughter’s first birthday. He’s still here, although the disease progresses every year. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)

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