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[quote=Anonymous]The typical way rich people 'jump the line' in transplants is by getting on the waiting list at hospitals across the U.S. If they can afford to hop on a last-minute flight to arrive there in time for the donor organ, then it's a way to work the system (a la Steve Jobs), since not everyone can afford to do that. The other thing that I think likely happened is that he accepted an extended criteria donor. When organs are available, they are from real people, with various health problems. Not all organs are Grade A Angus, if you get my point. If there was a 68 yo donor with a perfectly good heart, genetic match, and compatible blood type who died, say, in a car accident, his doctors could call him up and say 'look, it's not the best, but no one else on the list above you wants it, so will you take it?'[/quote]
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