A new poll shows a significant number of Americans would support some form of compensation for people who donate organs – which is now forbidden under federal law.
The NPR-Thomson Reuters poll focused on three forms of donations made by living donors: kidneys, bone marrow and a portion of the liver.
Support was strongest for compensation in the form of credits for health care needs, but more than 40 percent said they would approve of cash payments.
According to the report on NPR’s website:
• 60 percent approved if the compensation was in the form of a health care credits
• 46 percent approved of tax credits
• 42 percent supported tuition reimbursements
• 41 percent supported cash payments
The poll, based on a survey of 3,000 adults, found a range in the amount of compensation respondents would support. Thirty-seven percent said it should be less than $10,000, and 27 percent said it should be between $10,000 and $25,000.
Read more: http://www.mlive.com/opinion/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/05/question_of_the_day_should_liv.html
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