Arizona is Cutting its Medicare Budget By Denying Organ Transplants…

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To people who has already had them approved…  Way to go, Arizona!  As NPR reports

In Arizona, 98 low-income patients approved for organ transplants have been told they are no longer getting them because of state budget cuts.  The patients receive medical coverage through the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state’s version of Medicaid. While it may be common for private insurance companies or government agencies to change eligibility requirements for medical procedures ahead of time, medical ethicists say authorizing a procedure and then reversing that decision is unheard of.