As a physician, I am amazed that Sally Satel never mentions the potential value of stem cell research to address the massive organ shortage issues that plague our current medical system. I worry that she avoids this issue because it would place her, as a starch conservative, in an awkward position with her countrymen. It is also possible that she does not mention the probability that paying for organs will lead to an even greater disparity in health care between the have and have-nots and minority and majority groups, respectively, because she does not believe that such disparities exist. (She has consistently disagreed with medical researchers who has identified race-based disparities in health care, most notoriously in organ transplantation.) Dr. Satel is not the objective arbiter that is needed to discuss this very complex issue. I am not sure why the lay-media continue to use her in this fashion.