[MD] NHS? No thanks

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Craig]
In CA one can choose to donate one's organs upon death.  Who should 
get the donated organs:
1) the highest bidder
2) whoever the next of kin decides
3) whoever has waited the longest (first come, first served)
4) the most deserving
5) whoever's life will be extended the longest
6) a random selection
7) whoever wants it the most?
I don't see a strong argument for or against any of the above 
choices.  You seem to have a bias against 1).

[Arlo]
Sure do. The same way I'd have a "bias" against the options...

8) bloodline/nobility
9) race (outside of genetic compatibility, if its a factor) or gender
10) educational level

Or any other artificial elevation of one group of people over another.

I understand the princes of our capistrocracy like to pretend they 
are "more valuable people" than the low-life scum "poor", but it just 
ain't so. The lives of the "rich" are no more valuable than the lives 
of the "poor", and determining who should get a life-saving 
transplant should have nothing to do with the size of one's wallet. 
And as far as I know, it is illegal to traffic in the buying or 
selling of harvested organs. As it should be, not everything is best 
left to the economic market.