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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Fear of being uninsurable may deter kidney donations.

The New York Times (6/12, Rabin) "Well" blog reports, "There is little data on how often kidney donors have trouble obtaining insurance, but advocates say the fear of being uninsurable may be a powerful deterrent to donation. A 2006 study done by an advocacy organization for transplant professionals found that 39 percent of transplant centers reported that they had had eligible donors who declined to donate because they feared having future insurance problems." Notably, a "review study published in 2007 by Canadian researchers found that as many as 11 percent of [kidney donors] have encountered problems with life and health insurance coverage."

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