Dying Teen Is Being Denied A Heart Transplant Because He’s Had Trouble With The Law

[Yo_Mama]

174. But don't most of these statistics arise from medical facts?

If you are an uninsured illegal immigrant, how are you going to get the drugs necessary to save your life?

ACA and other programs may help close this gap, although apparently not in 2014 due to the failure to enforce the out-of-pocket caps. One of the measures that has been shown to improve patient compliance has simply been to provide free drugs!

But if there isn't something in place ensuring that a post-op patient will be able to get the drugs and care, then they won't benefit from the transplant!!!

Instead of blaming the hospitals involved, maybe we need to be thinking about financing? Which, again, ACA should help, but my understanding is that it won't for illegal immigrants. They will still be in the gap. There's a lifetime's worth of medical followup and treatment that has to occur in order for transplant patients to survive and do well.