[SpamCop-Social] Re: The irony....

[Heidi]

"Redstone" <redford_stone at INVERSE_OF_COLDmail.com> wrote in message
news:3E58B004.45D648B4 at INVERSE_OF_COLDmail.com...
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> So.. smuggled illegally into a country for a transplant (which there are
how
> many thousands on similar waiting lists?) that went awry and now she is
toast..

**That bugged me too, actually, but what bugs me more is that most people in
this country can't get treatment, so did she have insurance or is the
government picking up the tab for all her medical bills since she's been in
the country?

"Her immigration status played no role because hospitals may place non-U.S.
citizens on their waiting lists and must give them the same priority as
citizens, said Anne Paschke, spokeswoman for the organ network. But they
cannot perform more than 5 percent of their transplants on non-citizens."

http://newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story/776164p-5575380c.html

Her immigration status played no role because hospitals may place non-U.S.
citizens on their waiting lists and must give them the same priority as
citizens, said Anne Paschke, spokeswoman for the organ network. But they
cannot perform more than 5 percent of their transplants on non-citizens.

> Now I assume there is a "lawsuite" in the works? (Ping "Salomone")
>
**I'm sure there is, they've lost a daughter but will probably walk away
from this with more money than they know what to do with.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030220/dcth025_1.html