In every country that does transplants — except one — patients have two legal ways to get a new kidney. One is to have a friend or relative who is a blood and tissue match donate a kidney. The other is to get on the waiting list for a deceased donor.
There are also kidney exchanges. If you have a friend or loved one whose kidney is not an exact match, they can exchange it for a matching one in an exchange market.
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There are also kidney exchanges. If you have a friend or loved one whose kidney is not an exact match, they can exchange it for a matching one in an exchange market.
The NYTimes covers it some here http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/magazine/the-great-america...
There is an excellent EconTalk about matching economies as well. At 10:32 in is the kidney discussion http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/07/alvin_roth_on_m.htm...
UCLA's kidney exchange program http://transplants.ucla.edu/site.cfm?id=112