Baby Charlie Gard, three weeks shy of his first birthday, suffers from a rare degenerative disorder. Charlie's father determined to get his baby to the U.S. for experimental treatment in one last chance to improve his condition. A health-care facility in the U.S. has agreed to care for the baby and administer the experimental treatment, called nucleoside bypass therapy. Speaking to Rush Limbaugh on radio, Pence said the baby Gard case is evidence the "single payer" system of medicine doesn't work. Doubts over treating 'very unwell child'But the experimental treatment will not save Charlie's life, argue many top physicians in the U.K.

Source: CBC News July 12, 2017 20:58 UTC