In its continuing efforts to improve the organ donation and transplant system and promote health equity, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Centers for Medicare ...

Research has shown that a kidney transplant improves survival rates and quality of life for the hundreds of thousands of Americans with end-stage renal disease compared to remaining on dialysis.

To address the shortage of kidneys, a lobbying group aims to push a law in the US that financially compensates living donors. The initiative would create an ethical dilemma. "It is very concerning ...