Sell your kidney for $47k...

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I'm fine with the principle, but I'm not sure about the cash amount. I worry that it will persuade people who have not fully researched and understood the potential health issues (including scarring and future kidney failure) to do it out of need for a quick cash fix. I also don't think 47K is enough if you must do it lump-sum-wise. true, a bigger amount might make more people take the decision to donate while uninformed, but it might also make some say "whoa, that's a huge amount, there must be some risks, I'll find out what they are before I agree.

I think it would be better if there could be an extended term benefit ...like free private healthcare for life in countries where such a thing is vastly superior to the free public health care. Of course this is a pipe dream because few governments would agree to any benefit without a fixed determinable cost, but maybe if we could meet half way?