Facebook Is Urging Members to Add Organ Donor Status

Re:Facebook Is Urging Members to Add Organ Donor Status by olliej on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:52PM (#3915564)

The problem with organ donation is that insurance companies consider missing organs to be a pre-existing condition, and will reject you because of it. Go private health care!

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Re:Facebook Is Urging Members to Add Organ Donor Status by famousactress on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @06:11PM (#3916601)

Do you have evidence of this? It sounds like bullshit. In addition to not being denied insurance in the ten years since donating an organ, it's also the case that just to become a living donor the battery of tests you end up going through for approval essentially ensures that you're statistically healthy enough to be an amazing bet from the point of view of the insurance company.

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Re:Facebook Is Urging Members to Add Organ Donor Status by olliej on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @09:37PM (#3917231)

I have a very good friend who has been unable to get insurance since donating one of their kidneys.

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Re:Facebook Is Urging Members to Add Organ Donor Status by whackberry on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @02:11PM (#3915652)

That's not a problem with organ donation IMO, that is a problem with insurance companies.

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