Britain announced plans to ban private organ transplants(prevent people with money from "jumping ahead"of other recipients). What do you think?
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Andrew
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It's about damn time, applauds Britain!!
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Well... that isn't the whole story. It is banning organs donated within the National Health Service (which, of course, is state run) being used by people outside of the National Health Service. Which, in my view, is quite right. When people donate their organs they believe it will go to the NHS and will be given to people based on where they are in the queue - which, although not perfect, is needs based. They do not expect it to be, to all intents and purposes, 'bought' by someone through private hospitals. Thus jumping the queue, and probably denying somebody who needs an organ more urgently of that organ. Also, it stops foreigners from buying their way in to use the organs, as they have done, that the donors felt would be left for NHS patients. It also doesn't stop people having private organ transplants from a living donor, that will still be allowed.
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Its about time britain got there finger out and done something worth while, this should have happened sooner. +3
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Whta they should have done is to say that if anyone wants to buy a donated organ the price will be £10,000,000 payable to the floundering NHS.
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I think there's no way I'm going to donate a darned thing until the rules allow my family to benefit in SOME tangible way.
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I think this is totally appropriate. Why should people who have money have a better chance of living. Money isn't everything.
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