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[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to see everyone who needs a kidney get one

Then reducing kidney failure is a critical first step. Improving the quality and accessibility of dialysis and comparable treatments would be a big second. Developing prosthetics would be up there, too. And figuring out how to economically incentivize carving organs out of desperate people would be way down the line.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not denying that there are many ways to help with the problem. I reject the notion that "desperate" people will choose to sell their kidneys. The proposed system has several key components that prevents this from happening -- in particular, tax credits are of little use to someone struggling to get by.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

I reject the notion that "desperate" people will choose to sell their kidneys.

As evidenced above, they could just as easily have them stolen.