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202 points akersten | 3 comments | 31 Oct 25 01:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.789s | source
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johncolanduoni ◴[31 Oct 25 02:49 UTC] No.45767803[source]▶
The things that are and aren’t considered essential enough to fund during a government shutdown are insane. Is this enshrined in a statute somewhere? Feels like adding air traffic controllers to that list should be a no-brainer (and broadly politically popular).
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crm9125 ◴[31 Oct 25 02:57 UTC] No.45767847[source]▶
Meh, flying is a luxury. We can all stay put until the government pulls its head out of its ass.
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Zagitta ◴[31 Oct 25 03:02 UTC] No.45767878[source]▶
Planes transport more things than people, like organs for transplants. Are those a luxury too?
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1. ssl-3 ◴[31 Oct 25 03:17 UTC] No.45767992[source]▶
I'm an American, and I'm absolutely certain at this point in my life that I will never be able to afford to pay for an organ transplant to benefit myself or anyone that I know, regardless of any compatibile combination of need and availability that may arise.

Therefore, it will never happen.

So yes: I'd like to suggest that organ transplants may be in fact be luxuries.

(If the question were instead worded as "Should organ transplants be considered luxuries?" then my answer would be written very differently.)

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2. johncolanduoni ◴[31 Oct 25 03:33 UTC] No.45768111[source]▶
You may never be able to afford it, and your private insurance may not pay for it, but Medicare will without much fanfare. So if you’re planning on living past 65 it could happen.
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3. ssl-3 ◴[31 Oct 25 04:06 UTC] No.45768322[source]▶
There's a completely non-zero chance that I won't be able to afford to live to reach 65 and will be therefore will never gain the availability of the possibility of receiving an organ transplant.

For now, it remains a luxurious and unattainable concept to me.