About 30 Americans a day either die on the waiting list or are removed from it because they have become too ill to receive a transplant. The unavailability of adequate organs for transplantation to meet the existing demand has resulted in major organ shortage crises. As a result, there has been a major increase in the number of patients on transplant waiting lists as well as in the number of patients dying while on the waiting list. Less than 1% of deceased individuals are medically eligible to donate organs, and 75% of this group in the United States in fact does so, there simply isn’t enough to remedy the shortage. Additionally, many poor patients are more susceptible to be rejected from a treatment. The reason is that they do not have the
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She states that there are "as many as 25 percent of organs come from the uninsured"(page 1) and "patients who are uninsured or unable to pay are sometimes denied life saving treatment because hospitals can't afford to foot the bill for the surgery or the extensive recovery." (page 1). Victory then tries to solidly her statement with this quote, "Individuals donate their hearts, although they themselves would not have been eligible to receive a transplant had they needed one." (page 1). The author used flawed logic that tries to appeal to emotion by stating that donors donate their hearts, but are not allowed to receive one if need be. The donors are able to receive an organ if they are healthy enough and financially able to get treatment for. She failed to realize that organ transplant eligibility is much more complex than just being a …show more content…
Victory’s ability to portray her point of view is not convincing but yet acknowledged. She was able to prove that there is a way for the uninsured to be organ transplant patient by stating that some centers are able to provide assistance. However, there is a limit to how much assistance the centers are able to provide. But we can all agree that "The primary source of inequity here is the failure to provide universal insurance coverage for all citizens or residents," (page 4). If we were able to provide a better quality and coverage of insurance, there would be a better chance for donor and non donors to become organ transplant
She states that there are "as many as 25 percent of organs come from the uninsured"(page 1) and "patients who are uninsured or unable to pay are sometimes denied life saving treatment because hospitals can't afford to foot the bill for the surgery or the extensive recovery." (page 1). Victory then tries to solidly her statement with this quote, "Individuals donate their hearts, although they themselves would not have been eligible to receive a transplant had they needed one." (page 1). The author used flawed logic that tries to appeal to emotion by stating that donors donate their hearts, but are not allowed to receive one if need be. The donors are able to receive an organ if they are healthy enough and financially able to get treatment for. She failed to realize that organ transplant eligibility is much more complex than just being a …show more content…
Victory’s ability to portray her point of view is not convincing but yet acknowledged. She was able to prove that there is a way for the uninsured to be organ transplant patient by stating that some centers are able to provide assistance. However, there is a limit to how much assistance the centers are able to provide. But we can all agree that "The primary source of inequity here is the failure to provide universal insurance coverage for all citizens or residents," (page 4). If we were able to provide a better quality and coverage of insurance, there would be a better chance for donor and non donors to become organ transplant