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[–] Octocopter 0 points 20 points (+20|-0) ago 

If they paid for it rather than just taking donations more non-whites would do it.

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[–] MDE_ALWAYS_LIVES [S] 0 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago 

They'd just complain that the amount isn't high enough to pay their rent for eternity.

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[–] Octocopter 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

Or complain that the racist doctors don't want drug addicts who only wanted to get the cash to buy a rock.

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[–] carlip 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

this is a good idea. For instance, Medicad pays over $70,000 a year for people on kidney dialysis. The government could offer a program where people could sell a kidney for $50,000, paid by Medicad. Thus saving the tax payers $20,000 in the first year alone and $70,000 for every year the patient lives after the donation. The donor would then have $50,000 to spend which would right back into the economy.

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[–] lustig1374 1 point 8 points (+9|-1) ago 

This seems like a good idea on paper, but it would lead to organ theft.

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[–] dangerous_ai ago  (edited ago)

Why should I sacrifice my own kidney for less than a single year of someone else's dialysis cost? I'm giving up my second kidney for the rest of my life. They're likely going to use it for longer than a year. No, sir. My kidneys are only for family members unless I'm a vegetable.

Edit: apparently, a kidney is worth about $260k on the black market. The 90% survival rate for a kidney transplant is 15 years. I figure the fair market value for a kidney is therefore somewhere between $260k and $2.5M, not $50k. Being a living kidney donor is not harmless, either. Incidence of mild renal failure, hypertension, proteinuria (protein in your urine) and cardiovascular disease is higher in living kidney donors.

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[–] Blacksdonttip 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

What would the market rate per pint of HIV+ and herpes tainted blood be? That's probably the best case scenario, though I guess it doesn't matter much since the recipient is likely infected too.

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[–] Dalai_Llama ago 

Blood donaion is a for-profit industry.

Here is a list of transplant related billing codes.

I doubt anyone would assist in organ harvesting if there wasn't any money to be made. The donors are getting shafted out-right.