Comments on: Should We Legalize the Buying and Selling of Kidneys? http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 07:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/comment-page-1/#comment-54779 Tom H. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:43:51 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9286#comment-54779 Linda makes a good point. I don't know what the answer is. Linda makes a good point. I don’t know what the answer is.

]]> By: Oscar http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/comment-page-1/#comment-54768 Oscar Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:07:15 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9286#comment-54768 Overseas Pharmacies are listed as foreign online pharmacies that help provide good products and excellent medicines at an affordable price and warranty products, we can find different pharmacies online and findrxonline, findyourdrug, pharmaspider, chronic-anxiety, cheaponmeds, etc. These are some of the most secure, reliable, and where its necessity is a registered trademark. Overseas Pharmacies are listed as foreign online pharmacies that help provide good products and excellent medicines at an affordable price and warranty products, we can find different pharmacies online and findrxonline, findyourdrug, pharmaspider, chronic-anxiety, cheaponmeds, etc. These are some of the most secure, reliable, and where its necessity is a registered trademark.

]]> By: Linda Gorman http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/comment-page-1/#comment-54752 Linda Gorman Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:19:37 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9286#comment-54752 Most basic question should be whether, and how one can be sure, that it is a voluntary transaction? If one is selling organs at death, how does one make sure that the death isn't accelerated to get the organ? Should Medicaid pay to save a quad head injury when the organs are worth so much more and the person would be dead without expensive life support and rehabilitation? Will futile care be redefined to be any lifesaving measure when the dying person has otherwise healthy organs? Most basic question should be whether, and how one can be sure, that it is a voluntary transaction?

If one is selling organs at death, how does one make sure that the death isn’t accelerated to get the organ? Should Medicaid pay to save a quad head injury when the organs are worth so much more and the person would be dead without expensive life support and rehabilitation? Will futile care be redefined to be any lifesaving measure when the dying person has otherwise healthy organs?

]]> By: Liz http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/comment-page-1/#comment-54750 Liz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:09:55 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9286#comment-54750 Do you think I could get $100,000 for my kidney on Ebay? Do you think I could get $100,000 for my kidney on Ebay?

]]> By: Tom H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/comment-page-1/#comment-54749 Tom H. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:01:41 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9286#comment-54749 Whose kidney is it? The government's? Why should I have to ask permission from the government to sell any part of my body? Whose kidney is it? The government’s? Why should I have to ask permission from the government to sell any part of my body?

]]> By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/comment-page-1/#comment-54748 Larry C. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:00:17 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9286#comment-54748 artk: That's why people insure. To cover rare and unexpected and expensive events. Of course the federal government has more or less nationalized kidney dialysis and kidney transplants, but absent that private insurers should offer coverage for translants and that should include buying the organ. artk: That’s why people insure. To cover rare and unexpected and expensive events. Of course the federal government has more or less nationalized kidney dialysis and kidney transplants, but absent that private insurers should offer coverage for translants and that should include buying the organ.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/comment-page-1/#comment-54747 Devon Herrick Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:48:52 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9286#comment-54747 At the very least people should be allowed to sell their organs upon death. I suspect the non-profit organizations that profit from organ donations oppose any type of organ sales because some the profits that accrue to them would instead go to the original owners. At the very least people should be allowed to sell their organs upon death. I suspect the non-profit organizations that profit from organ donations oppose any type of organ sales because some the profits that accrue to them would instead go to the original owners.

]]> By: artk http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/comment-page-1/#comment-54746 artk Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:20:44 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9286#comment-54746 The flip side of selling a kidney is unfortunately a patient buying a kidney. Unless you want the government to be the party buying organs, it means that organ transplants are only available to the rich. The Israelis’ have what I think is a better answer to the shortage of donor organs. You want a transplant, fine, then you have to be willing to donate your organs. The flip side of selling a kidney is unfortunately a patient buying a kidney. Unless you want the government to be the party buying organs, it means that organ transplants are only available to the rich. The Israelis’ have what I think is a better answer to the shortage of donor organs. You want a transplant, fine, then you have to be willing to donate your organs.

]]> By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-we-legalize-the-buying-and-selling-of-kidneys/comment-page-1/#comment-54743 Larry C. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:54:37 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9286#comment-54743 Nice paper by Dr. Henderson. Very rational. What more is there to say? Case closed. Nice paper by Dr. Henderson. Very rational. What more is there to say? Case closed.

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