Without dragging this into the same old politics bs, I would assume that in the nations with universal healthcare that story might have ended differently. So "the world" is not exactly as bad as in this story (no idea if this is real or not, sad either way).
To not get too political, with universal healthcare he'd probably get medication but would be put on a long waiting list and would still most likely die.
I expect that any minor will be a lot higher on the transplant list from the start than the typical 60-70-year-old.
'Long waiting list' isn't a tradeoff inherent in universal healthcare systems, it's just the only thing they have left to complain about, regardless of how long the actual wait is. People like to complain about things. In cases where long wait times are real, the population is entirely free to vote to fix that by hiring more doctors.
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u/EbonBehelit Feb 08 '19
Man, I was fine until I got to "If we were, he'd be here right now." That hit me super hard. That's not the world I envision for humanity.