Financial incentives suggested to gain transplant organs

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Medical officials who solicit organ donations are divided over the issue of how to increase the pool of donors. Some are in favor of a marketing approach wherein donors would be reimbursed in the form of funeral expenses, tax credits or flat fees. Others fear the ethical implications of this strategy and are in favor of a more altruistic approach. Both camps concede that incentives are necessary. Annual organ donations since 1990 have remained flat at 6,600. As a result, five to six people die each day awaiting transplants.

Hospitals, Marketing, Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Tissue donation

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Congress ponders Medicare fee freeze

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Congress is seriously considering a temporary freeze on Medicare payments to physicians. The American Medical Association feels that Medicare patients may be hurt in the process. Commerce subcommittee Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman says consideration should be given to controls on payments to physicians.

Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Professional organizations, Officials and employees, Laws, regulations and rules, Finance, Economic policy, American Medical Association, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Medicare, United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medical fees, Waxman, Henry A., Davis, Carolyne K., Schenken, Jerald, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance

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