Some are proposing free medicare for life as a reward to encourage organ donation.
Altruism is a
beautiful[emphasis mine] virtue, but it has fallen painfully short of its goal. We must be bold and experiment with offering prospective donors other incentives for giving, not necessarily payment but material reward of some kind “” perhaps something as simple as offering donors lifelong Medicare coverage. Or maybe Congress should grant waivers so that states can implement their own creative ways of giving something to donors: tax credits, tuition vouchers or a contribution to a giver’s retirement account.
Laughable.
(hat tip: Healthcare Economist)
