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End Kidney Deaths Act incentivizes non-directed donors
The proposed End Kidney Deaths Act would give limited compensation via income tax credits to non-directed donors who donate a kidney anonymously; because the US has only about 500 such donors a year and they can spark long donation chains in kidney exchange, even doubling them would greatly help patients and pay for itself since Medicare bears the high cost of caring for kidney patients.
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Alvin RothEvidence Quote
“If we were able to double it, that would be really good for patients who need kidneys and would pay for itself in the fact that it's really expensive to take care of kidney patients. And Medicare pays most of the bills”
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:30:11 AM
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