{"id":7336,"date":"2017-07-06T10:55:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7336"},"modified":"2017-07-06T10:55:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:55:25","slug":"to-solve-organ-shortage-states-consider-opt-out-organ-donation-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7336","title":{"rendered":"To solve organ shortage, states consider \u2018opt-out\u2019 organ donation laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Leah Samuel for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">T<\/span>he shortage of organs for transplantation is a thorny problem. Nearly\u00a0118,000 people in the U.S. are on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/organdonor.gov\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">waiting lists for transplants<\/a>\u00a0of kidneys, hearts, livers, and other organs; an estimated 8,000 of them will not live to receive a transplant. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/07\/06\/opt-solution-organ-shortage\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--YLex0KknW3AuAw1Inwugec8VMLTaFKfeLa8pV6_0ctxhqKE_83Ie2oEk-v7fTfQNbESRw4KstQ7MTuXq2sFaUWPvivw&amp;_hsmi=53936878\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Leah Samuel for STAT) The shortage of organs for transplantation is a thorny problem. Nearly\u00a0118,000 people in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7336","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7337,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7336\/revisions\/7337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}