ABC Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Blood Transfusions in Hospice Care

ABC Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Blood Transfusions in Hospice Care

Legislation would address a critical gap in the Medicare hospice benefit Washington, DC – America’s Blood Centers (ABC), the national organization of community-based, independent blood centers that supply 60 percent of the nation’s blood supply, today applauds U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Barrasso (R-WY), and Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) introduction of S.1936, the Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act. This bipartisa…