marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/10/better-incentives-more-kidneys-more-lives.html Better Incentives, More Kidneys, More Lives
A 2019 executive order on organ procurement incentives is estimated to have produced 1,055 to 2,110 extra kidney transplants a year, with sizable life-year and QALY gains through 2040. The End Kidney Deaths Act would add a $50,000 tax credit for living donors and might save Medicare money.
