60 Minutes on UCLA's Liver Transplant for Yakuza Crime Boss

(News) 60 Minutes on UCLA's Liver Transplant for Yakuza Crime Boss

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  • richardsonkr
    The guy paid $1 million cash.

    It doesn't matter if he's a crime boss or not, the guy paid for health care and he received it. He paid more for it than other people, so he got treated first. Denying him treatment because he defied the government 's monopoly on violence and coercion would be to deny him the right to medical care.

    - richardsonkrUS November 4, 2009 6:58PM

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    • LagerHead
      Riiiiiiiight!

      The dude bought a liver. That's what he did. Our transplant system is not supposed to be open to the highest bidder. He's supposed to get on the waiting list just like the rest of us lower schmucks. And the fact that he's not even a citizen of this country and he's a known criminal and he lied for the privilege makes it all the more disgusting.

      It's unjustifiable, period.

      - LagerHeadUS November 5, 2009 8:07AM

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      • richardsonkr
        It should be.

        Our system might not be legally open to the highest bidder, but it certainly would be. If organs were available for sale off the black market, there wouldn't be these long waiting lists.

        - richardsonkrUS November 5, 2009 9:51AM

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