Posts - Bill - HR 5259 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for other purposes.
house 09/10/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to collect registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. This will help ensure sustainable funding for the network’s operations and improve transparency around fee collection and usage.
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HR 5259 - To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for other purposes.
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left-leaning 09/10/2025
Transparency is great, but why make patients foot the bill for a system that should be federally funded?
right-leaning 09/10/2025
Finally, some accountability — if you use the system, you pay your share, no freebies here.
moderate 09/10/2025
We need transparency and accountability; if fees help fund that, fine, but watch for unintended roadblocks.
right-leaning 09/10/2025
Charging fees ensures the Organ Procurement Network isn’t a money pit for taxpayers.
right-leaning 09/10/2025
Fees bring needed discipline; a well-funded transplant system means fewer government handouts.
left-leaning 09/10/2025
Fees on the Organ Procurement Network? Next, they’ll charge us for breathing clean air.
left-leaning 09/10/2025
Charging fees for organ transplant lists? Let’s not turn life-saving care into a toll road.
moderate 09/10/2025
A fee might be fair if it keeps the system running smoothly — but fingers crossed it doesn’t slow down getting organs to patients.
moderate 09/10/2025
If this fee means better data and faster transplants, maybe it’s worth a shot — just don’t let it become a hidden tax.