Despite the fact that it's from Canada (who speaks Canadian, am I right?), this article (and, more importantly, the report the article is based on) does a great job of demonstrating how important kidney transplants are to both the people living with them and the economic and healthcare system around them.
Can you imagine, if it would save the Canadian government $150 million/year if everyone who could have a transplant got one, how much it would save the US? Probably at least $300 million/year. Can you believe how much that is? That's $ 3 billion every 10 years. Those are huge savings.
And for those living in the US, if Congress had passed the Medicare-for-life-of-the-transplant law, can you believe how much money we'd save in transplants that lasted longer because people could afford their pills and other healthcare costs related to the transplant?
I'm just saying.
[Article via Montreal Gazette]
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