Not when you consider that the supply of organs is always shorter than the list of recipients. What is "wonderful news" for one family is tragic news for another. You hit the nail on the head when you said
it would have risked setting a precedent that people/families who make more noise and are more politically connected get better outcomes.It appears that this is exactly what happened.
I’m 100% with you. I think that th judge’s decision sets just as bad a precedent as if Sebellius made it (I didn’t mention that simply because I was commenting on the criticism of Sebellius here).
Of course, I am cognizent of the fact that this girl getting a transplant means that someone else (whose name and story we will likely never know) did not. When I said this is wonderful news, I meant that even if this was the “wrong” process or outcome, it’s good to hear that the surgery seems to have gone well.
Quite right. Of course someone else died because this girl took their place on the list, but since we don’t know the identity of that person, no one cares. Besides, that person was likely not as cute.