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= Organ=20 donors are getting the shaft
by = David J.=20 Undis

If you agree to donate your organs when = you die,=20 then you should get a break if you ever need an organ transplant. = Instead=20 you get the shaft. This could literally kill you. Fortunately, you = no=20 longer have to accept unfair treatment from the national organ = allocation=20 system.

About 70% of the organs transplanted in the United = States=20 go to people who haven't agreed to donate their own organs when = they die.=20 This happens because only about 30% of Americans have signed donor = cards=20 and because the national organ allocation system doesn't give = people=20 credit for signing one.

That's not fair to organ donors, = and it's=20 one of the reasons there is such a large shortage of = transplantable organs=20 in the United States. Over 84,600 people are on the transplant = waiting=20 list today, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. = UNOS is a=20 private organization that operates the national organ procurement = and=20 allocation system under a contract with the federal government. = About=20 40,000 more people will join the waiting list in the next 12 = months. More=20 than half of the people who need an organ transplant in the United = States=20 die before they get one. About 17 people on the transplant waiting = list=20 die every day -- one every 90 minutes.

Donating your = organs when=20 you die is obviously a very good thing to do. But why should you = donate=20 them to somebody who won't do the same for you? Wouldn't you = rather save=20 the lives of people who are generous enough to return the=20 favor?

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As long as there aren't enough = organs to=20 go around, somebody has to decide who gets the organs that are = available.=20 Many organ donors are content to let UNOS decide who will get = their=20 organs. But if you don't agree with their allocation rules, you = don't have=20 to use them. You can decide for yourself who will get your organs. = Your=20 right to do so is protected by federal and state law.

You = don't=20 have to let UNOS give your organs to someone who won't donate = their=20 organs. You can give your organs to other committed organ donors = who have=20 agreed to do the same for you. You can band together with other = committed=20 organ donors to make sure that you get a fair shake if you ever = need an=20 organ. You can do this by joining LifeSharers.

LifeSharers is a = non-profit network=20 of organ donors. Members agree to donate their organs when they = die, and=20 they direct that their organs be offered first to fellow members = who may=20 need them. Non-members can have the organs of a LifeSharers member = if no=20 member who needs them is a suitable match. Membership in = LifeSharers is=20 free and open to everyone in the United States at=20 http://www.lifesharers.com.

If you join LifeSharers you = will=20 improve your chances of getting an organ if you ever need one, you = will=20 save lives by creating an incentive for others to join, and you = will make=20 the organ allocation system fairer.

By joining = LifeSharers, you=20 get preferred access to the organs of all other members. = Currently,=20 LifeSharers has 2,214 members in 49 states and the District of = Columbia.=20 As the LifeSharers membership base expands, the value of = membership=20 increases. Your LifeSharers membership could save your life = someday by=20 giving you access to an organ that you otherwise wouldn't have = been=20 available to you.

Preferred access to this expanding pool = of=20 organs also creates a powerful incentive for others to sign organ = donor=20 cards and join LifeSharers. When LifeSharers has a million = members, for=20 example, you'll be crazy not to join. If you don't join, you'll be = cutting=20 yourself off from preferred access to a pool of one million = hearts, one=20 million livers, two million kidneys, two million lungs, and more. = By=20 increasing the supply of organ donors, LifeSharers reduces the = number of=20 people dying waiting for transplants.

LifeSharers also = makes the=20 organ allocation system fairer, by helping organ donors get their = fair=20 share of organs. It may sound harsh, but people who aren't willing = to=20 donate their own organs don't deserve to get organs that committed = organ=20 donors need. You can bury your organs when you die, you can burn = them, or=20 you can let somebody else use them. When those are your only = choices,=20 failure to donate is a spectacularly selfish thing to do. We = shouldn't=20 reward it. But that's exactly what the national organ allocation = system=20 does.

Imagine two people: Mr. Donor, who has committed to = donate=20 his organs when he dies, and Mr. Keeper, who has not. Imagine that = both of=20 them need a heart transplant. A policy that gives Mr. Keeper a = heart that=20 Mr. Donor needs just because Mr. Keeper is a little sicker or has = been=20 waiting a little longer is a miscarriage of justice. It also = encourages=20 people to delay signing donor cards or to refuse to sign them, and = that=20 lets more people on the transplant waiting list die.

If = you're an=20 organ donor, don't let the organ allocation system give you the = shaft.=20 Join LifeSharers.=20 Help yourself, and your fellow organ donors, get a fair=20 shake.

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David=20 J. Undis is Executive Director of LifeSharers, a=20 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. LifeSharers does not = discriminate on=20 the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, = national=20 origin, age, physical handicap, health status, marital status, or = economic=20 status.=20

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