Apple cofounder Steve Jobs is recovering from liver surgery in Tennessee . His surgery raises questions about preferential treatment . Current research results in patients with much shorter waiting times than others . Wealthy people who are , in effect , financially `` pre-approved '' for a liver transplant , can shop around and identify the transplant centers that will give them the best chance of receiving a new organ . 16,000 people on the liver waiting list ; in any one year only one - third get treated .
Apple cofounder Steve Jobs is recovering from liver surgery in Tennessee . His surgery raises questions about preferential treatment . Current research results in patients with much shorter waiting times than others . 16,000 people on the liver waiting list ; in any one year only one - third get treated .