How Steve Jobs cut in line for a liver transplant. Did Cheney do the same thing for his heart?

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10. The real issue: The wealthy have sufficient medical care to keep them alive as they wait.

Because we don't have universal health care. This little blip of a story is focusing on the wrong thing. Prevention.

And there have been notable complaints, such as the transplant for Mantle and Crosby. Both substance abusers. Many people IRL are denied getting on the list because they aren't considered to be responsible enough, that they may simply abuse the new organ. There are exceptions, but that is the claim.

The issue of surviving until one gets to the top of the list is likely due to lack of adequate care. And some people don't even darken the door of the doctor's office because they are not welcome due to having no or lousy insurance.

I think the only worthwhile discussion that could come out of this story is that there will be a push for universal HC. But I won't hold my breath, most people that have theirs have a river in Egypt flowing between them and the uninsured.