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> You can't pay a bunch of money and force a poorer person out of the hospital. Sorry to be so blunt, but you probably can. I would assume you can also get bum
by charlesdm 10y ago
> You can't pay a bunch of money and force a poorer person out of the hospital.
Sorry to be so blunt, but you probably can. I would assume you can also get bumped higher up on lists for organ transplants etc if you have the right connections (read: are willing to pay, i.e. by donating a nontrivial amount of money to support research the hospital is doing).
- megalodon 10y agoMaybe in the US, but not in Sweden.
- eldavido 10y agoSorry, but you're wrong. Listen to/read this: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/09/tina_rosenberg.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/09/tina_rosenberg.html Summary: most of the world doesn't allow selling internal organs, but Iran does, and it's been interesting to study how that's developed. Explicit exchange of goods for kidneys isn't allowed in the US, but you can join a "donor chain" which, when you donate to another person, through a chain of people, someone you care about can eventually get a kidney. The chain acts as a central clearinghouse in the absence of direct monetary exchange.
- charlesdm 10y agoObviously organs can't be sold. Not sure I'm entirely wrong though, as it seems money can still get you one faster: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wealth-may-give-advantage-for-getting-organ-transplant_us_5640d548e4b0411d3071c8e8 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wealth-may-give-advantag...