The state dropped 99 people from the transplant list, two have died so far
No - there were 99 - then the cut happened
Now there are 97
Arizona *use to* provide 1.4 million - now they provide ____
The Arizona budget that previously provided transplants to people in need was $1.4 million.
As there were 99 people on the waiting list for transplants at the time the cuts went into effect, the net result is that the State of Arizona valued each of these lives at something less than $14,000 a person.
Today, there are only 97 on the waiting list as two have passed away.
It's not even clear on the 2nd person who died - did the 2nd one die while *on* the list?
As I mentioned in my previous post - we don't know enough about the entire situation. Would this person actually have RECEIVED a donation before death? Why were they drooped and not someone else?
Someone went down the list - and picked this individual - dropped them and it most certainly wasn't the state.
Did the donation they might have received if they were still on the list go to someone else?
Usually the answer is no: rather than budget-cuts being at fault for a transplant-awaiters death it's actually a lack of available organs.
I might be wrong - but from what I understand is that the list is first-need first-serve unless someone makes an extra effort to bump someone to the top for special reasons.
So - the first person needing a heart is #1
The 5th person needing a heart is #5
The 1st person needing a kidney is #1
The 5th is #5
If they drop someone - it's usually based on need (how seriously do they need it?) or their spot on the list (last on is the first to go in the face of such circumstances)
So - what # was this person? Why were they chosen to be dropped - I think that's more important than anything else.
The article might be extremely misleading and have their facts wrong - but it really states that only ONE person was dropped from the list because of the budget cut.