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Why does the government want to change the organ transplant system?

A new initiative aims to modernize the system, strengthen equity and nearly double funding in 2024.

April 26, 2023
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“By 1984, it became clear to members of Congress that transplantation in the United States was not organized at all,” said Dr. Ben Vernon, a transplant surgeon at HealthONE's Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver. “This is a very complicated, very unique situation: getting the right organ to the right person, at the right time, for the right reason.”

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Published:
April 26, 2023
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