MBP Retina Display, Cluster of Dead Pixels

I have a MacBook Pro with a Retina display and when watching a movie I noticed a couple dead pixels when the screen was dark. I googled and found a screen tester that changes the screen color and while doing the test and I found the problem to be MUCH worst. I have quite a large cluster of pixels that look to be dying. Unfortunately at the time I could not spend the extra $350 on Apple Care this notebook was expensive enough.
My question is what can I do at this point? My warranty is up and per the Apple website I can no longer purchase Apple Care because the warranty is up. I did notice that A LOT of people are having the exact same issue I am but the ones that reply are those that have Apple Care and end up getting a new display.
Has anyone who does not have Apple Care had this issue and have taken it to Apple??? What was the result being such a large problem did they offer to fix it or do anything to resolve the problem??? Is there a recall on this problem???

Where do you live? In Europe for instance a reseller cannot get away with a 1 year warranty.

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