Suzieq, Great question, never really looked at it that way but you can almost certainly bet that The Hutch billed my insurance company big time for not only the marrow, but the cost of the single courier who's job it was to fly with the marrow from Dusseldorf to Seattle.
I know Andreas, my donor , was not paid for his painful 3 day stay in the hospital. My wife and I have often wondered what we could do for him and his family as small compensation for saving my life ; we have tried to communicate with them but despite growing up with German speaking relatives my communication attempts have not been successful. It's been 5 years now and we still discuss going over for a visit to thank him. I suppose 3K is small compensation for a donor considering that perhaps that person may be unique in all the world in their ability to save one's life. As long as it didn't turn into a capitalist free for all where suddenly the next person on the list doesn't get the marrow but the highest bidder DOES. I was very fortunate to find 5 perfect 10/10 matches, all from Germany, with the deciding factor being my donor was also CMV (cytomegalovirus) negative as was I. My blood type changed from A neg to B neg as a result, and other than a strange new affinity for liverwurst and Mercedes automobiles I'm doing just fine right now, and completely CML free. Russell On Feb 24, 12:20 pm, Suzieq <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello fellow CML'ers: > > This was seen in today's USA Today in front page of their Life > section. "A Bone Marrow Price Tag?" it's all about a lawsuit filed in > California last October argues that the government should not put bone > marrow in the same category as solid organs such as kidneys & other > organs. A hearing is set for March 15th in LA. > > A California based moremarrowdonors.org wants to start a pilot project > in which it would give donors $3000 toward a scholarship, rent or > mortgage payments or a charitable contribution in their name. It > would all be done through donations. > > All this is to try and generate more donors.........I'm wondering how > our group feels about this. At first, I was a little taken > back....then, I thought, well if it brings in more donors, it would be > good. I mean, we already pay those for plasma......so why not the > marrow since it grows back. But, then I read on down and I see where > this might lead to. As some skeptics talked about what's to stop from > later on trying to have the law removed where they can start selling > organs. > > This article is in Wed.'s Life section of the USA Today if anyone > wants to go and read it for yourselves before making a judgement > call. Like I said, I am torn on the subject. > > Keep On Looking Up, > Suzieq -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope
