Patients have gained more control over their medical care in recent years but many still fail to sign a directive looking to the future.

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Under the current, opt-in system, there are many more people who fail to sign the donor register and fail to inform their family of their wishes, even though they would wish to help others with the gift of their organs, and these people's organs may go pointlessly to waste without their consent.

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All the while, costing the Yankees not only postseason revenue in 2010 if they fail to make the World Series, but then again in the offseason if and when they sign him to the richest contract in hurler history.

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