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The American Enterprise

| September 01, 2002 | Lehrer, Eli | COPYRIGHT 2002 The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture (TEAmag.com). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

David Kaserman and A. H. Barnett, The U.S. Organ Procurement System: A Prescription for Reform, American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

Since the mid 1980s, the federal government has outlawed any payments for transplant organs--even from family members of sick individuals. According to Auburn University economist David Kaserman and A. H. Barnett, who teaches at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, this policy has been an abject failure. In 2001 alone, over 7,000 people died while waiting for organ transplants.

The shortages stem not from a lack of available organs per se, ...

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