Lawmakers Pressed for Organ Transplant System Oversight (2)

Much work remains to improve the organ donation and transplantation system despite passage of legislation overhauling the program more than a year ago, a panel of medical providers and patient advocates told a House panel Wednesday.

The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee heard a litany of disturbing allegations at the hearing, as the full committee also investigates the operations, oversight, and business practices of the organ donation and transplant system. Roughly 100,000 people are on the waiting list for an organ transplant in the US. And 17 people die each day waiting for an ...