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Living Donation Discussion and News => Living Donation in the News => Topic started by: Clark on June 29, 2013, 04:53:07 PM
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http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130628-907835.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
PRESS RELEASE
American Society of Transplantation Board Member Provides Expert Testimony to House Energy & Commerce Committee in Support of Key Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Legislation
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"Organ transplant recipients must take immunosuppressive medications for the lifetime of their transplanted organ, and if those medications are discontinued, rejection and loss of the transplanted organ are almost certain to occur," said Dr. Melton. "Under its current policy, Medicare continues to waste the federal government's investment in kidney transplantation while at the same time paying indefinitely for more costly therapies. It is the equivalent of the federal government buying a new car, providing enough gas to drive around the block and then abandoning the vehicle."
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