As an illegal immigrant, Jorge Mariscal waited eight years for a kidney transplant he feared would never come.
His persistence paid off Thursday when he underwent the procedure at Loyola University Medical Center.
After years of uncertainties, Mariscal said he's excited about his future and grateful for the help he received. But he remains frustrated with a health care system that he worries might leave out an untold number of illegal immigrants in need of lifesaving treatments.
What there wasn't a legal citizen more deserving? We know that Jorge has been here illegally for 23 years yet he can't find the time to become legal. Ice needs to grab his ass and put him on a bus headed south.
The pills he'll need to make sure his body doesn't reject the new organ can cost upward of $10,000 a year for the rest of his life.
Guess who get to pay for his meds the rest of his life?
