Cash for Kidneys: The Case for a Market for Organs There is a clear remedy for the growing shortage of organ donors, say Gary S. Becker and Julio J. Elias By GARY S. BECKER and JULIO J. ELIAS Updated Jan. 18, 2014 4:58 p.m. ET
In 2012, 95,000 American men, women and children were on the waiting list for new kidneys, the most commonly transplanted organ. Yet only about 16,500 kidney transplant operations were performed that year. Taking into account the number of people who die while waiting for a transplant, this implies an average wait of 4.5 years for a kidney transplant in the U.S.
The situation is far worse than it was just a decade ago, when nearly 54,000 people were on the waiting list, with an average wait of 2.9 years. For all the recent attention devoted to the health-care overhaul, the long and growing waiting times for tens of thousands of individuals who badly need organ transplants hasn't been addressed.
Finding a way to increase the supply of organs would reduce wait times and deaths, and it would greatly ease the suffering that many sick individuals now endure while they hope for a transplant. The most effective change, we believe, would be to provide compensation to people who give their organs—that is, we recommend establishing a market for organs..................>>>>.................>>>>....................http://online.wsj.com/news/art.....NexttoWhatsNewsFifth
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