tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642548381510890801.post65019474350731071..comments2010-11-22T19:27:14.916-08:00Comments on Angry Progressive: Cut the Deficit?!AngryProgressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02146142836827146207noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642548381510890801.post-8259998840320688272010-11-19T22:40:17.052-08:002010-11-19T22:40:17.052-08:00Olbermann had a story that AZ Republicans, in orde...Olbermann had a story that AZ Republicans, in order to cut $5 million from the state's budget, cut transplant coverage for everyone on their state-run health care plan. Their rationale was that "only 15% of people waiting for transplant actually get matched to a donor" and "it doesn't really save lives". WTF?!?<br /><br />Included in people who lost coverage for a transplant are a kid with leukemia, (an anonymous donor paid for it); a father of 2 with a heart condition, who can now only get a transplant if he can raise the million needed to pay for it. And a father of at least 4, who needs a liver transplant. He actually had a compatible liver donated by a friend who died. However, it happened after this "cost saving measure" went into place. Because his family hadn't raised the $200,000 needed, the liver went to someone else. <br /><br />And Republicans accused the Democrats of "Death Panels"!Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09222264331376601276noreply@blogger.com