"In many countries, this would be illegal. World leaders agreed in 2008 to fight so-called transplant tourism, and most nations do not provide organs to overseas patients. Yet the United States has long allowed it."
@ajlamesa.bsky.social"The Times analyzed every transplant performed in the United States since 2013. Overall, it found that patients who traveled from other countries received transplants faster than patients from America and were less likely to die waiting for an organ."
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Hospitals Cater to ‘Transplant Tourists’ as U.S. Patients Wait for Organs