For those who think a market for organs would allow only the rich to
get organs, that’s exactly what the current donation system does with multiple listings.
Massachusetts is looking for ways to restrict hospital choice as one way to keep costs down in its effort to insure everyone in the state.
The Citizens Health Care Working Group, created as part of Medicare drug bill in 2003, says: “The federal government should guarantee a core set of health benefits
for all Americans by 2012 even if it means raising taxes, a nonpartisan
advisory panel created by Congress recommended.”