The Nation - News from May 3, 1985
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Federal health officials, buoyed by a private report of improving heart-transplant survival, are looking into the possibility of Medicare coverage for at least some future transplants, Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret M. Heckler said. Her announcement brought positive reactions from heart-transplant authorities, but it brought strong criticism from Sen. Albert Gore Jr. (D-Tenn.), who said the government continues to deny health-insurance coverage--thereby causing deaths--for no good reason.
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