Would an organ transplant system that is profit driven be acceptable? Elizabeth Tracey reports

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UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, oversees much of the organ transplantation taking place in the United States, and how it manages this is currently under attack, with some proponents arguing that the system should be replaced by one with a profit motive. Johns Hopkins neuro critical care expert Adam Schiavi says while the system may look unwieldy from the outside, it’s really biology that determines who gets scarce organs.

Schiavi: Even though they're the highest person on the list doesn't mean that they're going to get the first available organs. They're going to get the first available organs that meet their profile and that makes it incredibly complex and complicated which requires a huge system of people and organization that is altruistically motivated. It's in the public domain, it's UNOS, it's part of HHS and these are all non for profit. Nobody's making money on this stuff, they're just trying to do the best that they possibly can all things considered.  :29

Schiavi hopes public awareness will keep the system equitable. At Johns Hopkins, I’m Elizabeth Tracey.