{"id":3597,"date":"2016-07-18T12:11:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T16:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2016-07-18T12:11:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T16:11:13","slug":"to-get-on-the-transplant-list-physicians-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3597","title":{"rendered":"To Get on the Transplant List: Physicians Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">In 2014, 6,950 Americans were approved for heart transplants, and only about 2,250 donor hearts became available, so to move their patients up the list some physicians have ramped up their patient\u2019s medical treatment, even beyond what is considered necessary. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/commonhealth\/2016\/07\/15\/ethical-dilemma-heart?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31763903&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8bonEXA74nxG3L8hLYyyvFS3Mi2eKx_gdwvklu_hNv0AIHvpbf1quu_HyBXle7mKAvufL3yGoUqMzPe1hg5VI9M5DWoQ&amp;_hsmi=31763903\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here\u2026.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, 6,950 Americans were approved for heart transplants, and only about 2,250 donor hearts became available, so to move<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3598,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions\/3598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}