In other words, the estimated value of a healthy human body is $37,000,000. Why can't we have a company similar to an insurance company that works with hospitals to give the average human being a "premium" based on their health and the probability that they will live with functional organs, plasma, etc. for a given amount of time. Why should we have to donate our priceless organs when we die. Think about all of the non-donors that would sign up for the premium, and all of the lives it would save. Could someone make this into a real business legally?
2007-05-16 11:19:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
The buyers are the medical field and insurance companies!
2007-05-16 11:23:30 · update #1
Of course we don't know how we will die. But there are staticians and probability analyst (just like in health insurance) and there is always a chance you could die and be of no good. But that is a very small probablility. That probability would be built into the amount you get paid!
2007-05-16 11:25:21 · update #2
Just like in a physical exam. Your money would be kept in a secure account and you can't touch it until every years after you had your yearly exam. If you get cancer and your tissue is no good, you don't get your money!
2007-05-16 11:26:47 · update #3
You know, the more I think about this, it'd be a great idea for my next movie screenplay.
2007-05-16 11:28:03 · update #4
As for illegal killing and selling. The body isn't worth anything but the premium that is given each year to each person. Medical science couldn't buy the body. The premium is what the person gets (there is no payment for the body after death, and therefore no price is set if someone tried to sell the body.
2007-05-16 11:30:53 · update #5
I'm not saying we get 37 million each. Just a fraction of that based on our lifestyles and probablilities that affect our lives. Maybe at tops, we'd get 100,000 over an entire lifetime. See what I'm saying.
2007-05-16 11:32:21 · update #6
And yes, the chance of dying in a fire is a built in probability. And you only get your premium onces a year (not one lump sum up front)
2007-05-16 11:33:11 · update #7
Just like real insurance. The value and possibility of it only lies in strenght in numbers. You'd have to have a network of clients (people) and buyers (hospitals). I'm tellling you, this would improve the overall health of the nation (people would be motivated to be healthy because they get a higher premium if they quit smoking, etc. Hospitals would have more organs and donors, and that in theory would lower insurance costs!
2007-05-16 11:37:06 · update #8
Apparently "brewers" answer below about the dumbest thing he's heard. Is an absolute closeminded moron. Imagine the idiot who said, cars that runs on fossil fuels is the dumbest thing he'd heard - Thomas Edison. Brewers doesn't understand the concept of science fiction with the possiblility of science fact. "Brewers" if you're out there, I'd kick the crap out of you if I saw you walkin' on the street.
2007-05-17 08:24:22 · update #9
Because no one can guarantee that their organs will be of any value to science or for organ donation once they pass away.
In order for organs to be viable for transplantation, someone must have brain death occur while they are on a ventilator - the ventilator keeps the organs alive by pumping blood. If a person were to die at home or anyplace else where they are not on a ventilator and subsequently are declared brain dead, then their organs would not be able to be kept alive.
2007-05-17 05:50:57 · answer #1 · answered by keengrrl76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I read your question right, it sounds like you're suggesting that people sign up with a company to take possession of their body after death for an upfront charge, payable while the person is still alive. While the suggestion has its merits, I'm sure that it could be costly to this "company" because of accidental deaths that compromise bodies making them "unusable" or from people who would get their payment, spend it and then change their mind later and have no way to repay the money. It might be more feasible for a person to sign a legal document stating that they have no problem with their body being "sold" for medical use and the dividends being paid to their heirs. (Of course, that would end up with alot of "cop shows" on television with episodes about false documents and murdered relatives....).
2007-05-16 11:35:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jane F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the simple fact that the money has to come from somewhere, which would be increased costs of tuition at medical schools, which would result in higher doctor's salaries to pay back the loans they had to take out, which would make healthcare cost more for everyone. still think it is a good idea?
Also, your organs would be worthless, you have to be braindead for an organ donation. tissue could be used, but there isn't much of a shortage there.
Also, this would not benefit everyone, as the medical schools do not use that many cadavers for research and dissection.
2007-05-16 12:04:50 · answer #3 · answered by Troy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's obviously incentive to kill someone in this country!
If you think collecting on someones life insurance is tempting, imagine what this would be like!
(Also, if you were dying and needed a heart, wouldn't you rather have someone donate to you out of the kindness of their.... well, nevermind. I'd rather be given a body than have to pay millions, then wonder if the person was murdered for it.)
2007-05-16 13:51:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, you care not for the saviour of people's lives, your are just interested in financial gain. Secondly, apart from organ trafficking being illegal, and the fact that most cultures and religions morally disagree with such endeavors, how can anyone be sure that when you die, the very organs you sold will remain intact? If you die in an explosion? what then, are you going to refund? think about it.
2007-05-16 11:29:14 · answer #5 · answered by Mandél M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure and how long do you think it would be before a rash of unexplained accidents happened?
This sort of thing did happen during the Victorian era with people being killed so their bodies could be sold to medical schools
2007-05-16 11:25:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are you going to do to ensure they get what they paid for? You can't predict the way you die unless its suicide. How do you know your organs and junk are going to be worth it?
I will buy your soul from you, I'm sure you're not using it. I'll give you five bucks.
2007-05-16 11:22:42 · answer #7 · answered by Devil Bob 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
there just is no way of predicting how long human tissue and cells will stay healthy-- so i doubt this may work
2007-05-16 11:24:07 · answer #8 · answered by BioGuru 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Congratulations! you just won the "Dumbest F-ing thing I heard today" award.
2007-05-16 13:23:27 · answer #9 · answered by brewers07 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because it's considered unethical and wide open for fraud.
2007-05-16 11:23:16 · answer #10 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋