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onehandle

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16. That article never says Steve Jobs 'cut in line.' Only you did.

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 12:01 AM

Mar 2012

Though there is always the possibility of preferential treatment once a patient is on a waiting list -- UNOS conducts periodic audits of transplant centers for exactly this reason -- it is unlikely that someone like Steve Jobs can "cut the line" of the transplant waiting list.

Those reccing this post are only reading your made up headline and maybe your cherry picked clips.

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How Steve Jobs cut in line for a liver transplant. Did Cheney do the same thing for his heart? [View all] backscatter712 Mar 2012 OP

Interesting post. Thanks! pnwmom Mar 2012 #1

K & R snagglepuss Mar 2012 #2

K&R... stonecutter357 Mar 2012 #14

Reuters reporting he waited longer than average for his age: Hissyspit Mar 2012 #3

He was on waiting list for 20 months. emilyg Mar 2012 #4

He may have been, but did he cut in line in front of someone on the waiting list for 25 months? n/t davidwparker Mar 2012 #6

If cheney was using his considerable fortune and influence Muskypundit Mar 2012 #15

Yes - 20 months emilyg Mar 2012 #17

Did these organs come from the dictatorship in communist China? n/t davidwparker Mar 2012 #5

Nope nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #8

Wrong, CNN has it way wrong nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #7

Yeah, kinda like how the Yakuza were able to get livers at UCLA. SunSeeker Mar 2012 #9

The real issue: The wealthy have sufficient medical care to keep them alive as they wait. freshwest Mar 2012 #10

And this is where ironically Dick Chenney nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #11

Yep. We demand CheneyCare!!! freshwest Mar 2012 #12

That was my thought too... 4_TN_TITANS Mar 2012 #20

another issue: lack of organs Skittles Mar 2012 #13

That article never says Steve Jobs 'cut in line.' Only you did. onehandle Mar 2012 #16

This is true. Sure, it's a matter of finding the right organ, but how come the mega-rich Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #18

Since we never hear of the folks who die while waiting for a transplant onenote Mar 2012 #19

Of course nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #22

In real life, money always has an effect in everything. Money talks. Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #26

You realize Chenney's wait was above average right? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #23

I know this much: That money ALWAYS manages to get ahead of everyone, in everything in real life Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #25

On this one you are way off nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #27

So this is life's only exception? I doubt it. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #28

so he's available to run for President, right? librechik Mar 2012 #21

That being said Sgent Mar 2012 #24