Hospital denies woman's heart transplant, recommends 'fundraising' to pay for it

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A hospital system based in Grand Rapids, Mich., has denied a heart transplant to an ailing 60-year-old woman, recommending that she first try to fund raise $10,000 on her own.

In a Nov. 20 letter that has since gone viral on social media, a nurse with Spectrum Health's Heart & Lung Specialized Care Clinics told the patient a heart transplant committee determined she isn't currently eligible for the transplant because she needs more secure financing for the expensive immunosuppresive drugs necessary to keep her body from rejecting the new organ.

"The committee is recommending a fundraising effort of $10,000," the nurse wrote.

The patient, Hedda Martin of Grand Rapids, reportedly posted Spectrum's rejection letter on her personal Facebook page.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/hospital-denies-womans-heart-transplant-recommends-fundraising-to-pay-for-it/ar-BBQ6UU0?li=BBnb7Kz

Trumpcare at its finest.

[guillaumeb]

1. Is this one of those death panels that Sarah Palin talked about?

The free market in action.

[area51]

2. There's no sane reason why these drugs are so expensive, except that we're a libertarian country.

We need Medicare for All.