End Kidney Deaths Act Reintroduced in Congress
On Tuesday, GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and Democratic Rep. Josh Harder reintroduced the End Kidney Deaths Act. This law would give kidney donors who donate kidneys to strangers a $50,000 “fully refundable” tax credit, and thereby incentivize organ donation. Currently, some 40,000 Americans die each year of kidney failure, for lack of available organs. Thousands more suffer for years on kidney dialysis, while waiting for organs to become available.
This terrible tragedy could be entirely eliminated simply by legalizing organ markets. The End Kidney Deaths Act stops short of that. But it would nonetheless be a major step in the right direction. I assessed its strengths and weaknesses here:
An estimated 40,000 Americans die every year for lack of kidneys available for transplant. If enacted, the End Kidney Deaths Act would save many of these people. In addition, as [Dylan] Matthews points out, the $50,000 per kidney tax credits would easily pay for themselves, because kidney dialysis is vastly more expensive, and Medicare ends up paying for most of that expense. If more people suffering from kidney failure could get a new kidney quickly, the government would save a lot money on dialysis expenses, and those people would be able to be more productive
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