Strawmen, Red Herrings, and Liver Transplants for Yakuza

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Mon, 06/09/2008 - 13:44

We recently 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 Professor Arthur Caplan ) about the integrity of the transplant system.

Presumably these concerns...

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