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Crunchy Frog

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26. Not unless the organs are distributed fairly and equally.

Fri Jan 6, 2017, 09:43 PM

Jan 2017

For that to happen, there would have to be genuine universal health care. Otherwise it's just going to be the rich harvesting the poor.

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Should everyone automatically be an organ donor unless they opt out? [View all] True Dough Jan 2017 OP

Kidding Me? busterbrown Jan 2017 #1

YES JI7 Jan 2017 #2

Oh, I don't know. I think that could be challenged in federal court... CTyankee Jan 2017 #3

Religious freedom sarah FAILIN Jan 2017 #28

Ding ding ding!1 - we are about *CHOICE*! n/t UTUSN Jan 2017 #70

Thus the ability to opt out. ManiacJoe Jan 2017 #74

Yes ret5hd Jan 2017 #4

Yes. TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2017 #5

No Dick Cheney might get it. What bothers me about that is you go into a doc03 Jan 2017 #6

There was a story awhile ago about a guy who NWCorona Jan 2017 #10

I have heard they harvest organs in China that way. You know people with doc03 Jan 2017 #15

Thank goodness that's not how it works here. Texasgal Jan 2017 #16

You just said Steve Jobs effectively bought his, right? doc03 Jan 2017 #17

No. That's not what I said at all. Texasgal Jan 2017 #18

And they have money. So if I need a heart and have the money I can certainly improve my chances doc03 Jan 2017 #25

You still are not getting it. Texasgal Jan 2017 #27

I don't get it? You have money you can increase your chances WTF is that? nt doc03 Jan 2017 #34

Once again.. Texasgal Jan 2017 #36

Doc03 is also failing to negate the benefits of an opt-out program True Dough Jan 2017 #38

I'm not trying to jump into a convo but when you are at a certain level you NWCorona Jan 2017 #49

Actually they are REP Jan 2017 #23

I'm not familiar with this story. Texasgal Jan 2017 #30

Here's a few REP Jan 2017 #45

Thank you Texasgal Jan 2017 #47

Please provide a link to documentation for this. Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #41

It's been a few years and I remembered some of the facts wrong but here you go NWCorona Jan 2017 #48

As I suspected, that is quite a different story. Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #63

That's not how any of that works. LeftyMom Jan 2017 #58

Or I could get your kidney, but hey that's cool if you want to bury it in the ground when you croak NightWatcher Jan 2017 #19

Transplant is a specialty. Transplant surgeons aren't making those decisions because they aren't LeftyMom Jan 2017 #57

I'd go for it, but I think it will be hell to pass here... TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 #7

If you were required to register your religion... scscholar Jan 2017 #31

You want to force people to register their religion? OrwellwasRight Jan 2017 #60

This topic is about saving lives scscholar Jan 2017 #72

Than losing our freedoms, no. OrwellwasRight Jan 2017 #73

What about people who have AIDS? creeksneakers2 Jan 2017 #8

Organs are tested before being placed. Texasgal Jan 2017 #11

In addition to being tested, Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #42

YES!!! Texasgal Jan 2017 #9

Sorry to hear that, Texasgal True Dough Jan 2017 #13

I absolutely agree with that Ron Obvious Jan 2017 #12

oh yes n/t deek Jan 2017 #14

Yes La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #20

Of course. Everyone is entitled to my black, tarry liver. AngryAmish Jan 2017 #21

Don't those countries have national health care? REP Jan 2017 #22

No. LisaL Jan 2017 #24

Not unless the organs are distributed fairly and equally. Crunchy Frog Jan 2017 #26

I agree that single payer would be much better Texasgal Jan 2017 #29

No nt avebury Jan 2017 #32

I would be fine with it, but then I've carried a donor card since about 1972 Hekate Jan 2017 #33

Fine with me. Getting it enacted might be an issue. Here you can designate Hoyt Jan 2017 #35

In thoery, yes. romanic Jan 2017 #37

No. People need to opt in. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #39

No. n/t X_Digger Jan 2017 #40

yes Skittles Jan 2017 #43

Of course! tavernier Jan 2017 #44

Opt-out programs almost always have higher rates of participation than opt-in. Igel Jan 2017 #46

Well stated! True Dough Jan 2017 #50

Yes. No brainer (he, he). nt Laffy Kat Jan 2017 #51

I see what you did there! True Dough Jan 2017 #53

Add me to the list of "paranoids" in this thread...I say NO! GReedDiamond Jan 2017 #52

Well then you would just opt out if you were against it. Laffy Kat Jan 2017 #54

I know that, I'm not yet brain dead... GReedDiamond Jan 2017 #56

Nope. 2naSalit Jan 2017 #55

22 Americans a day die waiting for an organ. LeftyMom Jan 2017 #59

Be well, LeftyMom! True Dough Jan 2017 #61

I'm designated as an organ donor....I say no hibbing Jan 2017 #62

Frankly, profit driven America JNelson6563 Jan 2017 #64

No Calculating Jan 2017 #65

Yes. Snackshack Jan 2017 #66

No. nt Raine Jan 2017 #67

Yes, but with heavy emphasis on the "unless". Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2017 #68

Absolutely! True Dough Jan 2017 #71

I'm an organ donor BUT no. I think the opt in should be effortless, but it should be an opt-in. Squinch Jan 2017 #69

No n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2017 #75