Re:Chinese boy sells kidney to buy an iPad 2
by Symmetry on Thursday June 02, 2011 @12:26PM
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From everything I've read kidney donation isn't that bad. As has been pointed out, most people don't have Kidney problems and having a single kidney doesn't increase your odds of having problems that much. If I could get $50k legally for donating a kidney, and if I could get a kidney for $50k in the unlikely event that something went wrong, I would certainly be willing to go through with it.
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Re:Chinese boy sells kidney to buy an iPad 2
by jhamburger on Thursday June 02, 2011 @01:17PM
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The cost paid by the buyer would undoubtably be much higher than the compensation you receive as a "donor", think about all the middlemen, doctors, nurses, etc that need to get their share. If the donor is getting $3400 the buyer is probably paying 15K at least.
Re:Chinese boy sells kidney to buy an iPad 2
by Symmetry on Thursday June 02, 2011 @01:34PM
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Right, the cost of surgery would probably dominate the cost of receiving a kidney transplant. But that's really what health insurance is for. I guess I should have said "if other people were selling kidney's", the exact price doesn't matter very much.