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Also extremely strange is he received a liver transplant much quicker than average, in a state far from where he lived, which later received a $40mil anonymous

Also extremely strange is he received a liver transplant much quicker than average, in a state far from where he lived, which later received a $40mil anonymous donation https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2015/11/12/hospital-where-jobs-received-transplant-given-40m.html https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2015/11/12/hospital-where-jobs-rece...

kioleanu 4y ago
Ah yes, the old organ switcharoo.
silisili 4y ago
I'm honestly not sure why this was never more complained about. He ignored medical advice, that's fine I guess, his right. But he effectively stole a liver from someone and essentially wasted it. Must be nice to have FU money.
- rlt 4y ago
  Given something like 40% of liver transplants go to people with alcohol related diseases this doesn’t bother me too much.
  - gamjQZnHT53AMa 4y ago
    I don't understand your point. Is it "fuck people with addiction issues"?
- chongli 4y ago
  I’d rather be alive, living my non-rich, non-famous life than to have FU money and be dead.
  - carlmr 4y ago
    I think the point is that someone who is non-rich and non-famous might also be non-alive because of this missing liver.
- rowanG077 4y ago
  Isn't that one of the big positives of being rich? You can use your funds to get anything that civilization has to offer. If you are salty about this then it's not even a far reach to be salty about rich people in general. They have better food, better entertainment, less pollution around them etc, etc. Which all leads to them having a more longer and fulfilling life in general.
  - TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
    It's one of the positives of being rich in a plutocracy. Whether plutocracy is a good, never mind ideal, way to organise a planetary culture is very much up for debate.
    - rowanG077 4y ago
      Definitely! My point was more that I find it odd to see the exact same mechanism all around you every day and then throw your hands up in disgust on this specific instance.
      - markdown 4y ago
        This is disgusting because someone more deserving died when he took the liver that was going to them. Which other every-day mechanisms results in the death of one of two parties?
        rowanG077 4y ago
        The list I posted. Better food and being around less polution literally increases your life expectancy by years.
ekianjo 4y ago
Let's not pretend rich people don't skip the line. I mean, it's so obvious it would happen, and no amount of regulation will prevent that because whoever is involved can easily be corrupted with FU money.
- willyt 4y ago
  For sure. That’s the whole basis of healthcare in the US; the more money you have the better it is. I don’t agree with it and I’m glad my country does this differently up to a point but I don’t see why this particular incident is surprising or unfair if that’s the system Americans have decided to live with.

kioleanu 4y ago

Ah yes, the old organ switcharoo.

silisili 4y ago

I'm honestly not sure why this was never more complained about. He ignored medical advice, that's fine I guess, his right. But he effectively stole a liver from someone and essentially wasted it. Must be nice to have FU money.

rlt 4y ago
Given something like 40% of liver transplants go to people with alcohol related diseases this doesn’t bother me too much.
- gamjQZnHT53AMa 4y ago
  I don't understand your point. Is it "fuck people with addiction issues"?
chongli 4y ago
I’d rather be alive, living my non-rich, non-famous life than to have FU money and be dead.
- carlmr 4y ago
  I think the point is that someone who is non-rich and non-famous might also be non-alive because of this missing liver.
rowanG077 4y ago
Isn't that one of the big positives of being rich? You can use your funds to get anything that civilization has to offer. If you are salty about this then it's not even a far reach to be salty about rich people in general. They have better food, better entertainment, less pollution around them etc, etc. Which all leads to them having a more longer and fulfilling life in general.
- TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
  It's one of the positives of being rich in a plutocracy. Whether plutocracy is a good, never mind ideal, way to organise a planetary culture is very much up for debate.
  - rowanG077 4y ago
    Definitely! My point was more that I find it odd to see the exact same mechanism all around you every day and then throw your hands up in disgust on this specific instance.
    - markdown 4y ago
      This is disgusting because someone more deserving died when he took the liver that was going to them. Which other every-day mechanisms results in the death of one of two parties?
      - rowanG077 4y ago
        The list I posted. Better food and being around less polution literally increases your life expectancy by years.

ekianjo 4y ago

Let's not pretend rich people don't skip the line. I mean, it's so obvious it would happen, and no amount of regulation will prevent that because whoever is involved can easily be corrupted with FU money.

willyt 4y ago
For sure. That’s the whole basis of healthcare in the US; the more money you have the better it is. I don’t agree with it and I’m glad my country does this differently up to a point but I don’t see why this particular incident is surprising or unfair if that’s the system Americans have decided to live with.