U.S. Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) and Representative Joe Courtney (D- CT) have introduced legislation to prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and in health insurance coverage for groups and individuals. For living organ donors, this is important news, because health insurance plans can and do consider living donation to be an “pre-existing condition” that [...]
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Get involved: Pre-Existing Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, Organ transplant ethics, Organ transplants, tagged How you can help, Kidney transplants, Living organ donation, Organ donation, Organ transplant ethics, Organ transplant legislation, Spread the word on June 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
