Sarah Murnaghan

Sarah Murnaghan died due to a death panel refusing to give an under-12 girl a lung transplant. Sarah Murnaghan (2013) wanted a lung transplant, and the death panel called United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), wouldn't make an exception to their "under-12" policy to give her the life saving treatment. Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services refused to intervene to grant an exception to the rule. ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2018-04-04

Facts

• A terminally ill girl wanted a lung transplant.
• The bureaucracy decided to refuse and let her die (policy).
• The Obama administration refused to consider an exception. She wasn't connected enough to bend the rules.
• Cost savings achieved... just don't call it a death panel.

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• Wikipedia: Sarah Murnaghan lung transplant controversy

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