Reason.tv’s Drew Carey Project Episode 9: Organ Transplants - Kidneys for Sale
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by bile Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Christina Deleon, dialysis, donation, Drew Carey, economics, freedom, Gabriel Danovitch, healthcare, Iran, kidney, liberty, nanny state, organ transplant, politics, prohibition, regulation, Sally Satel, UCLA, Uncategorized, Virginia Postrel, your money, your rightshttp://reason.tv/video/show/333.html
When we go to the doctor’s office for a checkup, most of us get annoyed if we have to thumb through old waiting-room magazines for a half-hour. Yet many people wait much longer for something much more important.Sally Satel, a researcher at The American Enterprise Institute, waited for new life in the form of a kidney transplant, until an unexpected someone stepped forward. Since giving Sally her right kidney, Virginia Postrel, former editor of Reason, has thought a lot about how to increase the supply of kidneys for people like Christina Deleon. Like 75,000 other Americans, Christina has no living donor and has no choice but to endure dialysis and wait-she’s been on the list since 2003.
Postrel and UCLA’s Dr. Gabriel Danovitch take on some common misconceptions about kidney donation, but they disagree sharply on the most controversial proposal-paying people to donate kidneys.
Each year more than 3,000 Americans-a figure comparable to the death tolls from the 9/11 attacks-die waiting for kidneys. Is it time to legalize the sale of kidneys?
Drew Carey investigates what could be done to end the wait for people like Christina, and give them the freedom they deserve.
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March 29th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Using Iran as an example? Good luck with that reason. Anyway the video reminded me of this.
March 29th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
They said it was the only country which allowed selling of kidneys and didn’t have a waiting list. Not sure what else you can do when it’s the only example.