Source: The Dispatch
by Jeremiah Johnson
“The United Network for Organ Sharing operates the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services. Dozens of regional organ procurement organizations (OPOs) are the on-the-ground non-profit groups in various cities and states responsible for recovering organs from deceased donors. For living donors, there isn’t a single national registry for kidneys — instead, there are three main national registries but also hundreds of smaller registries specific to individual transplant centers. … But even with reform, there simply aren’t enough kidneys to go around. … We need living donors to fill the gap. And we know how to increase the number of living donors: by paying them.” (04/15/25)
https://thedispatch.com/article/end-kidney-deaths-act-living-organ-donation/