Comments on: The Organ Gap http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-organ-gap/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 5IAI http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-organ-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-73302 5IAI Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:45:32 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4562#comment-73302 Hello, its been ages since i last came across your website after finding it on Bing. Brilliant source of accurate information. Hello, its been ages since i last came across your website after finding it on Bing. Brilliant source of accurate information.

]]> By: Ian Random http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-organ-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-45832 Ian Random Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:42:07 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4562#comment-45832 I wish there was a limited sort of organ compensation. Something like paying for medical and funeral bills of the deceased. I wish there was a limited sort of organ compensation. Something like paying for medical and funeral bills of the deceased.

]]> By: Dave Undis http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-organ-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-44537 Dave Undis Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:04:11 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4562#comment-44537 As the death toll from the organ shortage mounts, public opinion will eventually support an organ market. Changes in public policy will then follow. In the mean time, there is an already-legal way to put a big dent in the organ shortage -- allocate donated organs first to people who have agreed to donate their own organs when they die. UNOS, which manages the national organ allocation system, has the power to make this simple policy change. No legislative action is required. Americans who want to donate their organs to other registered organ donors don't have to wait for UNOS to act. They can join LifeSharers, a non-profit network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other organ donors when they die. Membership is free at www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition. Giving organs first to organ donors will convince more people to register as organ donors. It will also make the organ allocation system fairer. Non-donors should go to the back of the waiting list as long as there is a shortage of organs. As the death toll from the organ shortage mounts, public opinion will eventually support an organ market. Changes in public policy will then follow.

In the mean time, there is an already-legal way to put a big dent in the organ shortage — allocate donated organs first to people who have agreed to donate their own organs when they die. UNOS, which manages the national organ allocation system, has the power to make this simple policy change. No legislative action is required.

Americans who want to donate their organs to other registered organ donors don’t have to wait for UNOS to act. They can join LifeSharers, a non-profit network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other organ donors when they die. Membership is free at http://www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition.

Giving organs first to organ donors will convince more people to register as organ donors. It will also make the organ allocation system fairer. Non-donors should go to the back of the waiting list as long as there is a shortage of organs.

]]> By: Joe S. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-organ-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-44534 Joe S. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:19:51 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4562#comment-44534 Agree with Ken. Agree with Ken.

]]> By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-organ-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-44533 Ken Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:27:01 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4562#comment-44533 Yet another reason to create a market for organs. If you paid,say, $25K a pop, do you think we would ever have an organ shortage? Yet another reason to create a market for organs. If you paid,say, $25K a pop, do you think we would ever have an organ shortage?

]]> By: Brian W. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-organ-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-44515 Brian W. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:07:14 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4562#comment-44515 My neighbor is on some sort of regional list to receive a donated kidney, but the process is so arbitrary, he's not sure it will ever happen. My neighbor is on some sort of regional list to receive a donated kidney, but the process is so arbitrary, he’s not sure it will ever happen.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-organ-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-44505 Devon Herrick Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:13:13 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4562#comment-44505 It is against federal law to compensate organ donors or their families. Yet, an organ is theoretically worth tens of thousands of dollars (if not much more). If we allowed monetary compensation for kidneys, and other organs in short supply, there would likely cease to be a shortage. Indeed, just about the only entity involved in the transplantation of an organ that cannot profit from it is the organ donor. It is against federal law to compensate organ donors or their families. Yet, an organ is theoretically worth tens of thousands of dollars (if not much more). If we allowed monetary compensation for kidneys, and other organs in short supply, there would likely cease to be a shortage. Indeed, just about the only entity involved in the transplantation of an organ that cannot profit from it is the organ donor.

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