Channel 4 News Correspondent Sarah Smith reports from the US where people are being told that a massive budget deficit mean they have to find the money themselves for life-saving operations.
Travel to Arizona at this time of year and you find both 80 degree sunshine and an almost abnormal amount of Christmas decorations. Some houses are so lit up they look like they have been transplanted from Vegas. It is all terribly festive and jolly - unless you are one of the 98 state residents who have just been told they are no longer eligible for potentially life saving operations. So much for the season of giving and goodwill.
The state is facing a budget deficit of over a billion dollars so everyone accepts that some pretty severe spending cuts do have to be made. But a lot of voters were shocked to discover that one of the things the state will no longer pay for is organ transplant operations.
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http://www.channel4.com/news/transplant-patients-in-the-us-told-to-pay-for-vital-organs(This is the Republican's heath care: Just die.)