Trudy Busch Valentine, former nurse and heiress to the Anheuser-Busch fortune, has set herself among the front runners for the upcoming Democratic Senate primary in Missouri. Up To Date's Steve Kraske spoke with Valentine about health care, the opioid crisis and much more.

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