Decrease in organ donations. The highest priority and most important issue for the federal government and the medical community should be to increase the number of organ donations. The major problem today is there simply aren t enough available organs for patients who need them. If the number of organ donations rose sufficiently, most concerns and disagreements about allocation systems would disappear. Yet this proposed regulation would actually decrease donations.
Evidence shows that donations increase when centers open and decrease when they close.
By moving from 120 transplant centers to about six, donations are sure to fall. Higher financial cost. Requiring that patients become gravely ill in intensive care treatment to qualify for a transplant will result in higher health care costs. There will also be increased costs associated with transportation and lodging for patients and families, as they will be forced to travel to distant centers for treatment, and for the transportation of organs. Hardship for working families.