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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Organ donation’
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 »
A living donor bonus: homemade salisbury steak!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hospital food, My story, Organ donation on March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In case I haven’t mentioned this in a while, I love my brother. Joe was recently back in the hospital with an infection for a brief stay, and took the time to mail me the day’s menu, as a nod to our memories of the marvelous food we had back when we were occupying nearby [...]
The Marcos/UPMC aftermath
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, tagged Donors in the news, Living organ donation, Organ donation, Spread the word, Organ transplants, Transplantation ethics, Organ transplant ethics on November 26, 2008 | 15 Comments »
After digesting the Wall Street Journal’s 2,500-word opus on the breaking scandal at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s renown transplant center, my emotions are stirring violently this evening. “Disappointed” is an understatement. “Shocked” is an overstatement. ”Angry,” “betrayed,” “saddened,” “curious,” and “determined” all come to mind, but none alone fits.
More than anything, I feel protective. [...]
UPMC’s transplant program ethics laid bare in the WSJ
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, tagged Donors in the news, Living organ donation, Organ donation, Organ transplants, Spread the word, Transplantation ethics on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m rushed for time tonight but wanted to link to this important Wall Street Journal article as quickly as possible — the content will be available to non-subscribers only for a limited time, so act quickly if you want to reach it.
This high-profile story discusses questionable ethics of leadership at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s [...]
The peaceful calm of being understood
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, tagged 1. Living organ donor resources, My story, Organ donation on November 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Long before I became a living donor for my brother (years before we even knew he had a disease arising within him), I began what has become a longtime struggle with chronic depression. Thanks to amazing family and friends, a very talented and caring therapist, and the well-timed, cautious application of pharmaceuticals, I have managed [...]
Chopped and unchopped: The naked before and after photos
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, tagged 2. Living organ donor blogs, Living organ donation, My story, Organ donation, Organ transplants on October 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Since the point of this blog is to share information and experiences about living donation, from time to time I’ll reprise some of my favorite posts from Chopped Liver, the blog I wrote while I was going through the experience of being a living liver donor in late 2005/early 2006. This particular entry, written about [...]
