Posted in Communism/Socialism, bioehtics, health care, insurance, kidney transplant, law, markets, psychology, research discussion, wealth, tagged Alan Johnson, Avastin, breast cancer, cancer, capitalism, Debbie Hirst, Dialysis, Doctors for Reform, England, ethos, government, Great Britain, health care, healthcare, hearing aid, hemodialysis, justice, kidney transplant, liberal, Liberalism, MRI, N.H.S., National Health Service, New York Times, oncologist, oncology, orthopedic surgeon, pancreatic cancer, Parliament, Paul Charlson, pension, philosophical, philosophy, politics, principles, Sarah Lyall, selling your kidney, Socialism, socialized, Tarceva, taxes, UK, United Kingdom, Yorkshire on March 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A reader of mine left an interesting comment on my post about selling your kidney. Here is an excerpt:
“I am waiting for a kidney and have been dialysising for 2 [and a] half years on hemodialysis and 5 years on capd - a gentler type of dialysis… I am…using up resources and cos[t]ing a lot [...]
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Posted in Communism/Socialism, bioehtics, corporate practices, employee benefits, health care, insurance, kidney transplant, law, misinformation/propaganda, politics, tagged hospital, insurance, government, politics, blog, Wall Street Journal, WSJ, health care, John Edwards, Socialism, presidential, election, CIGNA, Medicaid, socialized medicine, capitalism, Senator John Edwards, New Hampshire, primaries, doctors, liver transplant, attorney, plaintiff, irony, Nataline Sarkisyan, jury, rationale on January 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Wall Street Journal chronicles John Edward’s attempt to tug at New Hampshire’s heart strings by telling a misleading version of the story of the death of a 17-year old leukemia patient and Cigna Corp., the insurance company that delayed coverage on her liver transplant.
Edwards, a former trial attorney, is the most extreme of capitalists, [...]
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Posted in bioehtics, health care, kidney transplant, politics, tagged Al Gore, American Journal of Transplantation, Arthur Matas, Canada, congress, Dialysis, doctor, donor, Francis Delmonico, H. Barry Jacobs, health, health care, hospital, insurance, kidney, market, medication, medicine, National Kidney Foundation, obese, obesity, Pakistan, Philippines, recipient, renal, transplant, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, Wall Street Journal, WSJ on November 13, 2007 | 22 Comments »
A Wall Street Journal article today discusses the crusade of Dr. Arthur Matas, a Canadian-born transplant surgeon who is arguing that people should be able to sell a kidney to someone who needs it, in a government-regulated market. The ethical implications of commoditising human organs are very complex, and there are arguments on both sides. [...]
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