{"id":7065,"date":"2023-07-24T08:23:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7065"},"modified":"2023-07-24T08:23:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:23:21","slug":"experts-demand-overhaul-of-organ-transplant-system-during-senate-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/07\/24\/experts-demand-overhaul-of-organ-transplant-system-during-senate-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Demand Overhaul of Organ Transplant System During Senate Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7065\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u2014 Patient representative has &#8220;zero confidence&#8221; in change if UNOS remains involved<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By Shannon Firth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patients, advocates, and one rogue organ procurement organization (OPO) executive, among others, pledged support for legislation that aims to disrupt a decades-long monopoly over the U.S. transplant system during a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finance.senate.gov\/hearings\/the-cost-of-inaction-and-the-urgent-need-to-reform-the-us-transplant-system\" target=\"_blank\">hearing opens in a new tab or window<\/a>\u00a0of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Every day 17 people die while on organ transplant waiting lists and another 13 are removed from the waiting list because they&#8217;ve become too sick to receive a transplant,&#8221; said Sen. 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