The bill is expected to boost transparency and accountability for those in need of an organ transplant.
President Joe Biden is set to sign into law a new bill that the White House says will save lives for Americans in need of an organ transplant.Biden on Friday will sign a bipartisan piece of legislation that will reform the organ transplant system, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and waiting process as more than 100,000 people await a transplant. The bill passed the House and Senate on a bipartisan basis in July.
The law, Jean-Pierre said,"will break up the current monopoly system harnessing competition to allow HHS to contract with the best entities to provide a more efficient system for the people it serves."Organ donor’s family has emotional meeting with transplant recipient The system has only ever been managed by the nonprofit United Network for Organ Sharing, which has drawn criticism for its handling of organs, long waitlists for transplants and the number of deaths among people waiting: about 6,000 per year. More than 100,000 people in the United States are now waiting for an organ transplant.
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