Reznor Helps Transplant Patient

Lucky him to have friends in high places, many don't have that same luxury.

is this for real? If you dont have a lot of money you dont get a transplant if you need it there?

Iru, medical decisions in the US are often made by insurance companies based on expense. Some companies will cover it, but they are all looking to contain costs. De La Cruz is a Medicaid (public insurance) patient because he was rejected by private insurance companies due to a pre-existing condition.

Ya just know the RIAA hates this - all that money and they're not getting their cut. There must be somebody they can sue over this.

Good for him but why is this news?

funny thing is that Reznor probably could have paid for the transplant in full without any fund raising. It'd be more newsworthy if Reznor had done that.

They were doing some major marketing on Twitter. Several times a day, I'd get #eric hashtags all over the place. Glad something came out of it.

Thank you for explaining Miss cellania. Its only im not used to this: here they base the priority of transplants on medical reasons, not economical.
Awful system, if i may say so.

Here in the US, even if you have lots of $$ it does not guarantee a heart transplant. There is a Transplant Board for ALL transplants that approves transplants based upon donor match, age, health of recipient, other life-threatening disorders, risk for postoperative complications, etc. These factors come BEFORE cost of transplants. A doctor and hospital will NOT do a transplant unless success is most likely. After reading about this patient Eric, it is unlikely he will receive a transplant due to his health being too far gone. So, this fund raising drive is very self serving first to Reznor and second to the patient's family. What happens to the funds if he dies before or immediately after a transplant? That is the BIG question.

call me a cynic, but I can't help but think so many people who have continually tweeted and blogged the eric story are simply riding a publicity bandwagon. don't get me wrong, I think it is amazing that people were able to come together to save a life (potentially), but, it really seemed as though many twits were rather self-serving in their involvement. :(