House Republicans are investigating two major hospital systems after recent reports that they have prioritized organ transplants for wealthy foreign recipients, jumping the wait list lines to receive a donated organ.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) launched an investigation into the University of Chicago Medical Center and the Montefiore Medical Center in New York following reports last month that they manipulated systems to bypass the transplant waiting list to profit from performing organ transplants on wealthy foreign patients who were able to pay out of pocket.
A handful of hospitals across the country are increasingly catering to overseas patients, who will pay significantly more than U.S. patients paying through private insurance or Medicare, according to a December 2025 New York Times report.
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