One of the more bizarre stories to appear on Health Care Renewal just resurfaced. To summarize, in June, 2008, we posted about the strange case of four Japanese men, allegedly affiliated with Yakuza criminal organizations, who received liver transplants from the UCLA Medical Center, apparently with some alacrity.
All likely paid full list prices for their procedures, and two later donated $100,000 each to the medical center.
The case raised concerns by several notables (including Senator Charles Grassley, and...
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