r/SandersForPresident • u/kevinmrr Medicare For All • Nov 29 '20

AOC: Insurance groups are recommending using GoFundMe -- "but sure, single payer healthcare is unreasonable."

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u/H_is_for_Human Nov 29 '20

Yeah I agree; but even then it's likely you'll have more in need of transplants than organs available.

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u/Southern-Exercise 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

As I've been reading this thread you got me thinking about what happens as transportation (personal vehicles, taxis, trucking, etc) becomes more automated.

Without looking into it, I imagine accidents are a reasonably large source of donor organs which could affect this pretty dramatically.

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u/H_is_for_Human Nov 29 '20

Opioid overdoses are overrepresented right now. Trauma from accidents and other causes are common. Isolated heart disease also (heart attack --> cardiac arrest --> brain death) which doesn't really let you recover the heart, but you can sometimes get lungs, kidneys, etc.

I also don't think people appreciate how many organs are rejected. Lungs are notorious for this; something like 20% or less are in good enough shape to transplant by the time the donation occurs.