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LastLiberal in PalmSprings

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42. In 2007 a heart transplant cost $658,800

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 01:19 AM

Mar 2012

Average heart transplant cost in 2007 was $658,800. source

In Virginia, Medicare will cover a heart transplant. source

The Affordable Care Act prohibits health plans from putting a lifetime dollar limit on most benefits you receive. The law also restricts and phases out the annual dollar limits a health plan can place on most of your benefits — and does away with these limits entirely in 2014. source

As a retired government retiree, Cheney is eligible to continue the same medical program he had as Vice President. source

I don't know whether the taxpayers paid for Cheney's new heart, but wouldn't it be ironic if a Republican relied on the government for the procedure?

Damn that government healthcare!

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furious about Cheneys heart [View all] riverwalker Mar 2012 OP

News reports say Cheney was on the waiting list for 20 months pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #1

BWAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH Zalatix Mar 2012 #23

His heart condition was well known. nt cstanleytech Mar 2012 #71

Probably used the same dirty tricks Steve Jobs used... backscatter712 Mar 2012 #34

Um, Jobs never got a heart transplant frazzled Mar 2012 #37

Comparing Steve Jobs to Dick Cheney... LuvLoogie Mar 2012 #43

No, the poster means that Jobs... originalpckelly Mar 2012 #51

Bingo. That's exactly what I'm talking about. n/t backscatter712 Mar 2012 #52

Oh my fracking god nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #59

There may be one list, but there are ways for the wealthy to improve their chances... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2012 #72

Yes, he went into the priority list in December nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #73

I don't think you can accuse Cheney of this because, since he left Cleita Mar 2012 #66

Thanks for Purging for me. I agree with you. crunch60 Mar 2012 #2

And paid for by the government no less malaise Mar 2012 #3

i pity the family whose loved ones' heart barbtries Mar 2012 #4

Have there been any federal executions lately....? MADem Mar 2012 #9

Makes one wonder where the found someone evil enough for a match? progressoid Mar 2012 #14

We better do an all-out search for Mr. Spock--it had to be a Vulcan heart with green blood. lastlib Mar 2012 #22

The heart was in a jar marked dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #53

I would bet that China came up w/ a heart Botany Mar 2012 #19

True that. That may be likely than people realize. Zalatix Mar 2012 #24

Hey executions happen all the time there Botany Mar 2012 #25

But haven't you heard? China promises to put an end to that. Zalatix Mar 2012 #50

Why did he need to go to Canada last week? Generic Other Mar 2012 #46

How long does it take to fly this mythical heart nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #74

It's enough to make me re-think my donor status. loudsue Mar 2012 #11

consider that barbtries Mar 2012 #13

May be the heart was from a democrat golfguru Mar 2012 #68

Don't worry - DURHAM D Mar 2012 #5

*snort* pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #7

It's probably a shark's heart. Any human heart would be rejected. RBInMaine Mar 2012 #6

LOL...+1 Logical Mar 2012 #67

The match, aka the identity of the recipient nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #8

Sorry nadin, but Darth Cheney et al haven't been exactly law abidding. sarge43 Mar 2012 #56

It is easier to start an Ilegal war actually nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #57

Can you spell reject? Lint Head Mar 2012 #10

Yeah well samplegirl Mar 2012 #12

rec. KG Mar 2012 #15

he shouldn't have even been on the list riverwalker Mar 2012 #16

pisses me of too Botany Mar 2012 #17

Well said riverwalker! Auntie Bush Mar 2012 #18

I hope it rejects him n/m xloadiex Mar 2012 #20

Cheney is obviously terrified of dying lunatica Mar 2012 #21

if i had the flames of hell..... rppper Mar 2012 #29

Maybe he's trying to stave off the day of reckoning when lunatica Mar 2012 #35

Soul? LuvLoogie Mar 2012 #44

rec SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #26

Well said!! Nancy Waterman Mar 2012 #27

If only the heart were truly the seat of compassion Orrex Mar 2012 #28

For many of us to believe that had actually happened, Volaris Mar 2012 #49

A Good Friend Of Mine In Austin TX Is One Of Those 3202 Patients. Paladin Mar 2012 #30

I guess he's been shopping around for his heart? In Virginia? Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2012 #31

The real question no one here has addressed is sellitman Mar 2012 #32

I guess that in Texas, penndragon69 Mar 2012 #33

This can't be possible ohheckyeah Mar 2012 #36

That is the case unless he went outside the system to get his heart, on the private market... WCGreen Mar 2012 #40

yup, age is no longer a factor. Maine-ah Mar 2012 #55

I am heading toward a lung transplant but am trying to avoid it until I have WCGreen Mar 2012 #76

That's a very serious allegation against the folks running the organ donor program. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #38

Here's the surgeon now... shoreline Mar 2012 #39

Makes me sick that this pig got a heart before good people did nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #41

In 2007 a heart transplant cost $658,800 LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2012 #42

This story is a ruse. LuvLoogie Mar 2012 #45

If the donor was Democratic he'd be wheeling in his grave. Kablooie Mar 2012 #47

The Democratic heart would show him the folly of his ways and haunt him from the inside out Dont call me Shirley Mar 2012 #63

Totally agree, this is infuriating! Raine Mar 2012 #48

"Just hours after surgery, Cheney was alert, talking with his doctors... alterfurz Mar 2012 #54

Plutocracy. It is what it is. Rex Mar 2012 #58

One of my professors had liver cancer ... he DECLINED to be put on the transplant list. eppur_se_muova Mar 2012 #60

K&R... stonecutter357 Mar 2012 #61

maybe the heart will reject him. Voice for Peace Mar 2012 #62

There's an "up" side to everything. Vinca Mar 2012 #64

How many people did he have to shoot in the face before he found a suitable donor? tclambert Mar 2012 #65

I hope JEB Mar 2012 #69

This needs more Recs!! Logical Mar 2012 #70

Death. Nothing less than death to the DICK. Special Prosciuto Mar 2012 #75