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Support Arizona Patients Denied Access to Lifesaving Transplants Due to State Budget Cuts
01/23/2011
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Posted January 23, 2011
Budget cuts to Arizona's state Medicaid program eliminate coverage of some lifesaving transplants. Nearly 100 Arizonans are affected. According to recent media reports, two patients have died as a result.
Forced to fundraise for life, literally - five families affected by the cuts have sought the help of NTAF.
Click on the links below to read their stories.
Thanks to national media coverage - scroll to view news beginning with a report from NPR on 11/17/10 - more than $230,000 has been contributed to NTAF campaigns in their honor; however additional financial support is urgently needed for these patients to even have a chance to be listed for transplant.
Each patient Web page has a CONTRIBUTE NOW button. All contributions are tax deductible.
