The Pros and Cons of the Honor Our Living Donors Act
Introduction to Organ Donation As of September 2024, more than 100,000 individuals nationwide were on the waiting list for organ transplants. Despite the fact that over 46,000 organ transplants were performed in the U.S. last year, thousands of Americans still die annually waiting for a new organ. While some believe financial incentives for living donors […]
Pros and Cons of the SUPPORT Act of 2018
Background The opioid epidemic has emerged as a major public health issue in the United States. Beginning with a surge in opioid prescription in the 1990s and followed by waves of addiction to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, the crisis has grown and morphed since its inception. Since 1999, there have been more than 600,000 […]