From what you wrote, I get the impression that you think HCV is obtained only from hedonistic practices. I assure you, that is not the case. Or perhaps I misunderstood.
In any event, I maintain that if they limit liver transplants to only non-HCV positive people, that doesn’t guarantee that the they will thrive any more than those with HCV. There are so many factors.
I am not liberal in my views, but staunchly stand up for the right to life. Government or “death panels” playing God never ends well—see Germany for one example.
My belief that HCV-positive people are less appropriate candidates for liver transplant has nothing to do with whether I approve of their lifestyle. Solely with the greatly decreased chance that the transplant is likely to be fully successful.
I am perfectly well aware that many people with HCV, and for that matter HIV, acquired them in perfectly innocent ways. My argument for taking this disease status into account is based on medical issues, not moral ones.