Should organ donors be paid? The heavy toll of US kidney shortage - BBC News

[rcjordan]

"All US states, by contrast, have "opt-in" laws. Would switching to "opt out" make a big difference? International studies suggest not. Spain, which has presumed consent, is only slightly ahead of the US in the number of transplants relative to its population; France and Belgium, with similar legislation in place, have fewer transplants.

Wales is currently the only part of the UK with an opt-out system - England is due to follow suit later this year. But the Welsh did not see an increase in organ donations after it changed its law in 2015."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51266959

[Simon Dog]

The shortage exists because trying to outlaw the laws of economics ranks right up there with legislating Pi=3 or passing legislation to change the gravitational constant.

Even a fixed payment of $50K (less than the dialysis savings in the first couple of years after a transplant, even when figuring in the cost of dialysis and ongoing post-TX support) combined with the current allocation scheme would vastly increase the supply.   Auctions would do even better for the supply, but offend those who think all persons should be equal in medical care, even though economics sorts out who get the fancy cars, big houses, entourages and hangers-on, etc.  Someone may be working on it - ekidney.com is already taken.

[Alexysis]

The shortage exists because trying to outlaw the laws of economics ranks right up there with legislating Pi=3 or passing legislation to change the gravitational constant.
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No need to change the gravitational constant; It's called Gravitational Theory, so you can just believe it doesn't exist........