My point is, the transplant system is not a part of Obamacare and has nothing to do with the monstrosity headed our way.
Continually conflating the two and trying to use the one to bash the other is the worst sort of obvious partisan gamesmenship.
Obamacare sucks rocks, but it has nothing to do with how the OPTN operates.
After reading through this thread, I think a lot more facts/info. are in order:
http://www.unos.org/donation/index.php?topic=patient_brochures
http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov
(Both started in 1984)
http://www.organdonor.gov/about/data.html
You might need a law degree for this link:
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title42/42cfr121_main_02.tpl
>> the worst sort of obvious partisan gamesmenship
You’re singing like the arrogant liberal hack that assumes the role of the even-handed adjudicator. Cut the diversionary BS and wake up to the fact that an Obama healthcare czar is indeed controlling the process of survival. And furthermore, it is not in the scope of your influence to determine the limits others have to life saving care. You, like the rest of us, are merely an observer to a pathetic system entangled in govt bureaucracy; a system that does NOT have the patient’s ultimate well-being in mind.
It is not to the expense of another person this child is included a broader candidate pool. This child is also a person that deserves every possible chance at survival. The limits you’re embracing are simply unnecessary and helpful to no one.