Assuring Organ Donors a Second Chance: Having Been a Saved Once Is No Longer a Pre-Existing Condition

For a city that has pioneered transplants for the heart and other major organs, this story about one of the harms the Affordable Care Act has been designed to address is particularly noteworthy. Prior medical conditions have black-balled many patients for care, but after a life has been saved with the help of a major medical procedure, almost all organ recipients would discover some form of struggle with any future insurance. And living donors of kidneys have also found a similar challenge. (Video: KHOU 11 News)