Where do I sign up? I would jump at the chance to sell a kidney, bone marrow, half of my liver, uterus, ovaries or anything else I can live without. Living on SSA Disability is beyond difficult, so money to help pay for my daughter's college expenses as well as her medical needs and insurance would be the greatest gift I could give her while I’m still alive. Why shouldn’t my child benefit from my organs if I am willing to let some go while I’m still alive? We, as a nation, already find it acceptable to pay women for the use of their uteruses and eggs, how is this plan so different? I don't understand why the government and medical professions find the idea of paying for organs so repulsive, instead they should set up standards of care for the donors and prepare to get rid of dialysis as a way of life for thousands of people.

That is a commonsense approach.  People are prepared to work at dangerous jobs to make enough money to raise their children in the way which satisfies them.  Parting with an organ is no more dangerous.  A person can have no greater accomplishment in life than to raise well-adjusted and well educated children.

It costs at least $60,000 to keep a person on dialysis for a year, and that year is a miserable one (believe me, i have been there)..  A replacement organ for $60,000 plus an equivalent amount  for the surgery is a nett money saver and it gives the recipient a decent life instead of the misery of being either stuck onto a dialysis machine, being sick as  an after effect of the dialysis and being sick from uremia before the next treatment.