Arizona reverses Repub Gov Jan Brewer's "DEATH PANEL"
Arizona has restored funding for some organ transplants that the state cut last year in a controversial move to help close a yawning budget deficit.
Under a new budget signed by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer late on Wednesday, the state will again provide coverage for pancreas, liver, heart and lung transplants for Medicaid patients in the state aged 21 and older.
The state's move last October to deny transplant funding to about 98 Medicaid patients angered critics who said Arizona should not be targeting potentially life-saving procedures in its efforts to cut costs.
"This is death for me," one patient awaiting a heart transplant, told Reuters last month.
At least two transplant patients died following the cuts, although it was not clear if a transplant would have saved them.
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