http://lifesharers.blogspot.com/2008/01/rationing-organ-transplants.html
Monday, January 14, 2008
Rationing organ transplants
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Under the organ allocation rules used by the United Network for Organ Sharing, people who won’t donate pay no price for their decision. They remain eligible to receive a transplant if they ever need one. It’s no wonder there is such a large shortage of livers.
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Ahh, yes, the gooferment succeeds in making problems worse.
And, why can’t we have a free market in organs? Probably for the same reason we can’t have a free market in drugs or anything. The gooferment knows what is best for us.
If we did have a free market in organs, then those with more “certificates of appreciation” (i.e., money) could “corner” the market.
This overlooks certain things.
(1) We bury or burn or otherwise “waste” some very good organs. If there was a market, then there would be a financial incentive to not do that.
(2) If there’s a poor child out their who needs a transplant, then does anyone think that there will be a problem raising the money?
(3) For those that are horrified by the prospect of a marketplace in organs, we still let drunks sell their blood. But that’s different?
No, we have a lot of unelected bureaucrats being paid big bucks to muddle up the existing situation.
Lest we think this will devolve into a free for all, does anyone think that reputable docs will have any part in a fraudulent scheme.
Remember it’s the Chinese government that has been allegedly selling prisoner’s organs for rich folk to get transplants. Here we pay gooferment bureaucrats to prevent anybody from benefiting.
Life’s tough. And, economic is economics. There’s no free lunch.
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