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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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[–] AndrewBlazeIt 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

As opposed to the organ theft that already happens anyway?

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[–] carlip 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Not likely. Simply reject organs that are not inside someone. How you could even think I meant they would just buy loose organs is beyond me.

And no, if you steal an organ and pop it in quick that will be rejected as you would clearly show that's what you did.

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[–] HungryCrow ago 

You can buy organs legally in Iran and it is a very effective and humane system. The reason there is a black market for organs is because no legal market exists. Do a search for Iran organ market, it's not nearly as ghoulish as it sounds.

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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.