41.   Rather, it would create a more precise scale for determining how sick waiting patients are, allowing the network to direct more livers to the sickest patients.

42.   The good news was reducing the waiting time for the sickest patients by two days.

43.   The rules order the United Network for Organ Sharing to send more organs to the sickest patients, regardless of where they live.

44.   The regulation requires that organs be allocated according to medical need, with the sickest patients getting first chance.

45.   The researchers found that the sickest patients were equally likely to get angiograms in the two states.

46.   The state has also resisted an effort by the national transplant network to get more livers to the very sickest patients.

47.   The transplant network is trying to ensure that the sickest patients get to the top of the list.

48.   This year, for instance, it required that donated livers be given to the sickest patients within large regions, bypassing the local level.

49.   Wisconsin filed the lawsuit in March over a Clinton administration proposal that would give the sickest patients priority for donated organs, regardless of where they live.