Sunday is the 30th anniversary of the National Organ Transplant Act, but no one wants to celebrate. U.S. policy on organ transplants—especially as applied to kidneys—is a mess. More than 100,000 people languish on the waitlist for kidneys, thousands of them dying before they receive a transplant. In 2012, almost 35,000 people joined the waitlist, while only 17,000 received transplants. Every year the waitlist lengthens.
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