tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post94921631452077380..comments2024-03-28T12:58:35.757-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Failure is pre-determinedBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-43634737701172868962011-03-01T20:01:13.738-05:002011-03-01T20:01:13.738-05:00They can't have mine, besides they wouldn'...They can't have mine, besides they wouldn't want it.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-44616001486948208192011-03-01T09:05:03.512-05:002011-03-01T09:05:03.512-05:00The answer to this is to grow new organs, using th...The answer to this is to grow new organs, using the patient's own stem cells as the basis. <br /><br />As they say over at Instapundit: "Faster please!" <br /><br />Our grand kids will look back on this type of debate as quaint. Barbaric, but quaint.TOTWTYTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221321904364051792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-18520986056793904852011-02-28T20:05:58.864-05:002011-02-28T20:05:58.864-05:00If anyone needs a fat donor, free, I'm there f...If anyone needs a fat donor, free, I'm there for you.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-45776710489268556892011-02-28T19:53:51.512-05:002011-02-28T19:53:51.512-05:00Basic economics: Set a price floor on something (i...Basic economics: Set a price floor on something (in this case, zero dollars for a kidney), and there will be a shortage of that thing. And so, as ASM826 pointed out, when the price of healthcare is set to "zero dollars" (for the "consumer"), there will be a shortage of that, too. The legislature is pissing into the wind when they try to pass laws against the laws of supply and demand.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015544320906146949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-4832617628775218332011-02-28T15:14:28.395-05:002011-02-28T15:14:28.395-05:00Divemedic,
After 2014, no one in the system will ...Divemedic,<br /><br />After 2014, no one in the system will make money on the transaction. It won't happen right away, but I'll bet we see transplant rates drop off when there is no longer a profit motive for the hospitals. But it will be more moral, because health care is a right.ASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-5550691899039550772011-02-28T13:45:18.613-05:002011-02-28T13:45:18.613-05:00If we insist that kidneys not be sold, let's a...If we insist that kidneys not be sold, let's at least let the DONOR set the priorities for the kidneys they donated. For instance, if they want the kidney to go to a white, male, Christian who is a net taxpayer and has at least 2 children, then the system should honor that preference insofar as is possible.Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-10341186816748868532011-02-28T11:39:19.199-05:002011-02-28T11:39:19.199-05:00This is the perfect example of motorcycle helmet l...This is the perfect example of motorcycle helmet laws costing lives. In states where there are manditory helmet laws the transplant waiting time is considerably longer than in states where helmets are not required. What moral justification is there requireing dumb-ass Harley riders to wear a helmet when they are such great organ suppliers. Give them a chance to contribute something worth while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-25642470905632339272011-02-28T10:56:34.498-05:002011-02-28T10:56:34.498-05:00Everyone involved in the organ transplant, from th...Everyone involved in the organ transplant, from the guy who mops the surgery room floor, to the person who does the paperwork, to the doctors and nurses, make money in the transaction EXCEPT the person who donated the kidney. Because that would be immoral.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.com