X-Message-Number: 9651 Date: Fri May 08 04:15:48 1998 PST Subject: Organ transplant "shortage" From: (Edgar W Swank) There has been some recent discussion here about the organ transplant "shortage" and some ways to use cryonics to try to alleviate it. But the "shortage" is completely artificial, the result of government price controls; i.e. the government does not pemit any payment at all to organ donors or their estates or survivors. The "shortage" would end tomorrow if this silly law were repealed. If extended to the 3rd world, there would soon be an organ "glut." For more about this, see the Cato Institute report at http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj17n2-3.html There is also a link to this and other Cato reports on my website (below). Edgar W. Swank <> (preferred) Edgar W. Swank <> (for files/msgs >50K) Home Page: http://members.tripod.com/~EdgarS/index.html _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9651