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Trent Reznor has raised more than $645k for a fan in need of a heart transplant. According to this article, much of the money was raised after Reznor tweeted about the fan in need and posted a link on the NIN website. NIN and Jane’s Addiction both offered special concert packages for fans that donated larger sums of money.

In part thanks to Reznor's Twitter presence and the letter he posted on the NIN website, the results of his fundraising were pretty astounding, collecting over $260,000 in one day. The total is still climbing, past $645,000 towards a goal set by Veronica of $706,968.
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Holy hell, 706k for a heart transplant?
 
I have never even looked at twitter, but congrats on Reznor making it do something useful.
 
I'm surprised he didn't release another song via torrent to support the drive. You rock as always trent.
 
Nemesis999 said:
I wonder how the other 100 people that could have had their lives saved by this money feel.
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What, one case of a good samaritan isn't enough, you need a hundred? I don't see you going out and attempting a fund for people who need surgery. :rolleyes:
 
Where do I sign up to get someone famous to help raise money for my Autistic daughter to go to a specialized school?
 
stop!theradio said:
What, one case of a good samaritan isn't enough, you need a hundred? I don't see you going out and attempting a fund for people who need surgery. :rolleyes:
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I think what he is trying to say is that the average heart transplant in the US costs $148k, the abroad price is around $20k.

The money, instead of helping one person who needed a heart, could have helped many in the same situation but who have much lesser costs. Its the act of saving one or saving many.
 
Nemesis999 said:
I wonder how the other 100 people that could have had their lives saved by this money feel.
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LIfe is unfair and then your dead. Shut up with your perpetual negativity. That's all you ever project here. Stop it.
 
The main reason I think it's so costly is because he has Nevada Medicaid and Nevada apparently has no transplant centers so he needs to go to California. Unfortunately, California won't take his Medicaid insurance.
 
Nemesis999 said:
I wonder how the other 100 people that could have had their lives saved by this money feel.
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I don't know how they would feel, but I do know they're not wondering why people on the internet are wondering about how THEY feel, instead of actually doing something.

That said, I make my donations to the Salvation Army and I donate to Child's Play as well. Call shens on it if you want to.
 
Ockie said:
I think what he is trying to say is that the average heart transplant in the US costs $148k, the abroad price is around $20k.

The money, instead of helping one person who needed a heart, could have helped many in the same situation but who have much lesser costs. Its the act of saving one or saving many.
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I thought he was trying to say that there are many other life saving organ transplants that cost far less. (Liver, kidney, Pancreas, etc)

but you also have a valid point
 
I have first hand experience on heart surgeries and their costs in the good old USA. I had a minor one just last month and a major one two years ago (I've had 4 major since I was 10 with too many other minors to count [minor to me anyway]). Thankfully, I had insurance coverage of 100% in all but the first.

In my most recent procedure, insurance was billed $22k for simply the Dr. portion of the surgery (total which hasn't been settled yet is $133k including the Medtronic device), but insurance paid less than $4k due to their pre-contracted rates. Does John Doe get these rates? No. Every so often you will find a nice hospital that will work with you on prices, but who do you ask? Do you think the doctor knows what the hospital charges (and how much does it cost to even see these specialists when you don't have insurance?)? Do you think the low wage billing department people have the authorization to mark down their prices? And even if this happened there are costs that they have to pay that they can't discount, whereas the insurance company yet again has contracts to pay less to those other device/item/etc provider(s).

Our healthcare system is broken. I don't know exactly the how or the right way to fix it, but we need something better than what we have now. There are advantages and disadvantages to both Social and Private health care systems, maybe a hybrid of some type? Privatized with subsidization for low income with more oversight or rules to prevent the BS ways in which private insurance gets out of covering serious illnesses, I don't know... In the mean time, I'm just thankful that that I have had the benefit of insurance that has allowed me to get the specialist treatment that I need, that I wish a lot more people had access to.

And to some of the naysayers here, if you have the opportunity to help a person, do you reason to yourself that since you are not saving everyone in need that it would be pointless or even wrong (WTF?) to help the one person you can? What kind of shitty world am I living in where that is the thought process people make?

You go Trent, and good luck Eric, I hope you get the heart you need.
 
That sounds a bit low for a heart transplant.

My cousin was born (20+ years ago) with a heart defect that didn't require a full transplant, but did require three surgeries before her first birthday; including one that was a quadruple bypass (aka, they completely disconnected her heart from her circulatory system to repair it.) My uncle's marriage went down the tubes as part of it, and he (uninsured) went into debt over a million dollars. He managed to work his way out of the debt over the course of 15 years; running his own auto repair shop, and doing anything and everything to pay for it. Didn't declare bankruptcy, didn't have the debt written off.

(When my cousin was born, the doctors told my uncle that because they didn't have insurance, that it was too expensive to operate. aka: let her die.) My cousin is now a medical professional in her own right, with a beautiful daughter of her own.

Major surgeries are *NOT* cheap.
 
It is actually $858,628.30 as of about 1PM this afternoon.

They had to stop selling the VIP packages for the remainder of the US tour due to being out of room.

A Letter from Trent:

Thank you so much for you help with this cause. Due to your generosity, we've raised over $850,000.

This response has been overwhelming - so much so we sadly have to stop accepting any more VIP package donations for the North American NIN/JA shows. We simply can't accommodate any more people! We are still accepting multiples of $10 donations and all VIP packages for the headlining shows in the rest of the world. Starting hopefully tomorrow, we'll be offering a limited package of 1,000 collectable / signed complete skateboards generously donated from my friend Tony Hawk. For a donation of $1,000. you will receive one of these and a signed-by-me copy of NIN's rarest CD release, STILL.

Please consider helping if you haven't already - we're showing the WORLD the power of a strong and committed community, and we're quite possibly saving a life in the process. We still have a ways to go financially. Thank you all.

Trent

We're donating 100% of the proceeds to an account set up by the Storey Dreams Foundation for Eric De La Cruz. Storey Dreams Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization and your donation is applicable for IRS tax credit. Tax-exempt number is 95-4295220. Donors will receive a receipt for tax purposes.
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Thanks for the post Steve. I've been following this since I'm a big NIN fan. Trent has made his point clear to save this guy. Beyond the twitter report you see here, the Rez has special tickets you can purchase for the upcoming concerts that will allow you to eat, party, and meet with the band. You can also sit on the side of the stage during the show. All proceeds go to this guys heart transplant.

Nobody has brought it up yet, but the reason this guy is getting a transplant and NOT being able to have insurance to pay for it is because he doesn't have insurance; he's on Medicaid. The biggest issue is that Medicaid would pay for the sugery IF there were a heart center in Arizona, which this gentleman resides. Guess what? There is no heart center in all of Arizona, so that is why Trent is trying to save this guy. It's kinda crazy BS redtape that this man could go to another heart center in another state - it's sad really.

Rock out Trent Reznor, the F'n man!
 
Hats off to Trent Reznor. I am not a fan, but Hurt is definitely one of my favorite songs!

Oh the irony! An self-proclaimed atheist(dare I say 'liberal') who goes out of his way to try to help somebody he hardly knows. And that in god's country!
Yes, my cynicism shows. So many voices - and especially among the social conservative - dissent with the idea that healthcare should be reformed. In god's country. It must be the god of greed.

I wished all the good ol' conservatives were as compassionate and devout as Trent.
 
aardvark sandwich said:
FTFY
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Oh, thanks. What was I thinking? Of course, businesses have it all under control.
Remember, businesses know how to regulate themselves, right?

Because, it's been so successful so until now! Let's not have 'Fedzilla' ruin it!

Hence, the 99.9% of the health care coverage in the US!!!

Government is bad, but corporations have my well being in mind, right?

Maybe if you cannot be brought to trust your government, then it's time for you to demand a radical reform of the structure of your government.

If I cannot trust my government - which to a certain extent is accountable to the people - then I definitely should not and would not trust corporations who only care about increasing their dividends, and have no accountability to nobody, but their stockholders.

I for one do not care where that affordable health care should come from, government, private businesses, the tooth fairy, the pope or Hugh Heffner... as long as they take care of things and have people pay a fair premium.
As of today, the distribution of healthcare in the US is a farce. And it's in line with 3rd world countries' method of distribution. Note; I did not say the medical treatments, or the technology were BUT the distribution.

I have yet to see somebody who likes to be sick, or in need of a surgical operation, ESPECIALLY since the web of social protections - loss of job due to pregnancy or illness, loss of income - is so strong in the US.:rolleyes:
 
It seems that the point is as much to raise awareness of a really pathetic flaw in the health system as it is simply about saving one guy's life. The media reporting of what seems to be a successful campaign is at least as important. If it helps bring about change, then the number of people who could be saved in the long run through reform would eclipse whatever short term goal you would seek to achieve with the money.

It's like a lot of things where people complain about a waste of money; it's only so because people are unable to perceive the indirect gains.
 
ya that pretty much sums up america today: lazy, wasteful, and complacent. luls. *waits for the flame*
 
aShrubbery! said:
Oh, thanks. What was I thinking? Of course, businesses have it all under control.
Remember, businesses know how to regulate themselves, right?

Because, it's been so successful so until now! Let's not have 'Fedzilla' ruin it!

Hence, the 99.9% of the health care coverage in the US!!!

Government is bad, but corporations have my well being in mind, right?

Maybe if you cannot be brought to trust your government, then it's time for you to demand a radical reform of the structure of your government.

If I cannot trust my government - which to a certain extent is accountable to the people - then I definitely should not and would not trust corporations who only care about increasing their dividends, and have no accountability to nobody, but their stockholders.

I for one do not care where that affordable health care should come from, government, private businesses, the tooth fairy, the pope or Hugh Heffner... as long as they take care of things and have people pay a fair premium.
As of today, the distribution of healthcare in the US is a farce. And it's in line with 3rd world countries' method of distribution. Note; I did not say the medical treatments, or the technology were BUT the distribution.

I have yet to see somebody who likes to be sick, or in need of a surgical operation, ESPECIALLY since the web of social protections - loss of job due to pregnancy or illness, loss of income - is so strong in the US.:rolleyes:
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You certainly summed up one side of the story nicely.
 
I agree AngyAngie.

It is news, since the poor guy needed a celebrity's intervention to get there. Had Reznor not done anything, then that guy would have died like many others do for lack of funding, and we wouldn't be here discussing this.
Are there any similar cases to speak of in other industrialized countries? That's the crux of the issue.
 
We're donating 100% of the proceeds to an account set up by the Storey Dreams Foundation for Eric De La Cruz. Storey Dreams Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization and your donation is applicable for IRS tax credit. Tax-exempt number is 95-4295220. Donors will receive a receipt for tax purposes.
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Now that's what I'm talking about! Tax-credited donations! Reznor is on the fucking ball.
 
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