AP Misleads, Claims Cheney Received Special Treatment Another in the Series of the Lying Left Lamestream Media

KC you can not make the argument that no special treatment was given then fall back on the "Waiting" List, people are moved on the list after giving huge donations as well as the list is kept by " United Network for Organ Sharing " but the status of the people on the list and prioroity in the line is set by the hospital or transplant center and Doctors working there the list is just maintained under federal guidelines the information they recieve from the treating doctors is outside of thier control.

I don't think he recieved special treatment because he is the former VP or because he is a Republican but he is also a RICH old bastard and that can get anyone special treatment it is just that we don't hear about them because they are not named Dick Cheney.

I have inoperable advanced heart disease and am currently doing well enough not to be elegible for a transplant but 5 years ago i was airlifted to Vanderbuilt to be placed on that list or wait to die, thankfully a team of 15 doctors tried something and a week later i was released to return home after a few days in a medically induced coma with a tube leading into my heart disolving a huge blood clot in one of the chambers but the list is not as "need" based as we are led to believe and special treatment is given if you can pay for it.

My week in the Hospital cost $347,000.00 average cost of a transplant $150,000.00, chance of recieving a heart in time to save my life.... lets say it was 347 grand well spent.

it has taken me 8 years and i am not even on the list, verify your information or be capable of backing your claims before spouting off to me you are quoting hearsay and rumor as fact.

You want some facts to play with ?

Who Is Eligible for a Heart Transplant?:
The specialists at the heart transplant center will assess whether a patient is eligible for a transplant. Specialists often include a:
•Cardiologist (a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating heart problems)
•Cardiovascular surgeon (a doctor who does the transplant surgery)
•Transplant coordinator (a person who arranges aspects of the surgery, such as transportation of the donor heart)
•Social worker
•Dietitian
•Psychiatrist

In general, patients selected for heart transplants have severe end-stage heart failure, but are healthy enough to have the transplant. Heart failure is considered “end stage” when all possible treatments—such as medicines, implanted devices, and surgery—have failed.

Certain conditions and factors make it less likely that a heart transplant will work well. Examples include:
•Advanced age. There is no widely accepted upper age limit for a heart transplant. However, most transplant surgeries are done on patients younger than 70 years old.
•Poor blood circulation throughout the body, including the brain.
•Kidney, lung, or liver diseases that can't be reversed.
•A history of cancer or malignant tumors.
•Inability or unwillingness to follow a lifelong care plan after a transplant.
•Pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) that can't be reversed.
•Active infection throughout the body.
•Diabetes with end organ damage (damage of major organs)."

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