Biden Plan to Fix Organ Transplant Network Promised More Support

Longtime critics of the group that manages the nation’s organ donation system are launching efforts to ensure the success of a Biden administration plan to break up the monopoly at the top of the industry.

The current system is plagued by technology failures, logistics problems, and a contracting system that’s allowed one group, the United Network for Organ Sharing, to manage US transplants for 37 years without enough oversight, lawmakers and advocates for changes say.

HRSA, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is proposing breaking up certain parts of the contract UNOS holds to introduce new ...