There are real superheroes in this world. Real Sacrifice, with real costs, for real lives saved. They don't wear capes or masks, but that doesn't make them any less a super hero.
They donate organs. Doing it after death makes you a hero, in my book. Doing it while you are still alive? That's better than Batman or Hawkeye, in my book. Mostly they give kidneys, but some donate part of their liver.
First, let's do the pitch. We need more superheroes, so join the League of Organ Donors, sign up here.
Currently (2016), there are over 120,000 men, women and children in need of organ transplants.
Every day about 144 people are added to that list, 82 people get off the list the good way - transplant, and another 22 people get off the list the hard way - death. Notice that means the list keeps growing longer by about 40 people a day. That's a new development, up until recently people were more likely to die, but medicine has gotten better at keeping those with failing organs alive.
Most of these people are waiting for a kidney.
Being a superhero is not easy. The surgery to donate a kidney is painful and will take about six-eight weeks for you to recover. During that time you can't drive. The organ recipient's insurance pays for all the medical stuff. But not travel or hotel costs. Which really aren't that much (most of the time), so it isn't that important. Organ recipients are in a similar situation, but most are just thankful to be alive.
But how many people get TWO MONTHS time off with pay? Most people have to take time off work. It's pretty good if you get four weeks off a year. The businesses that employ these heroes generally give them the time off, but not with pay.
So let's give them one month of Unemployment checks during that time.
I am not proposing paying for organs. If you are an unemployed/retired superhero, you get no money. But if you are medically unable to work because of such a heroic act, can we do no less than to give you the same payments as he jobless and/or disabled?
These people are superheros that are saving a human life. The least we can do is recognize that for two whole months they can not work, and that they therefore deserve at the minimum a single month's worth of unemployment checks. Have the paperwork filled out by the transplant doctor, to limit fraud.
Full Disclosure: I am intimately connected to someone that has a failing kidney. I am not in any way impartial.
They donate organs. Doing it after death makes you a hero, in my book. Doing it while you are still alive? That's better than Batman or Hawkeye, in my book. Mostly they give kidneys, but some donate part of their liver.
First, let's do the pitch. We need more superheroes, so join the League of Organ Donors, sign up here.
Currently (2016), there are over 120,000 men, women and children in need of organ transplants.
Every day about 144 people are added to that list, 82 people get off the list the good way - transplant, and another 22 people get off the list the hard way - death. Notice that means the list keeps growing longer by about 40 people a day. That's a new development, up until recently people were more likely to die, but medicine has gotten better at keeping those with failing organs alive.
Most of these people are waiting for a kidney.
Being a superhero is not easy. The surgery to donate a kidney is painful and will take about six-eight weeks for you to recover. During that time you can't drive. The organ recipient's insurance pays for all the medical stuff. But not travel or hotel costs. Which really aren't that much (most of the time), so it isn't that important. Organ recipients are in a similar situation, but most are just thankful to be alive.
But how many people get TWO MONTHS time off with pay? Most people have to take time off work. It's pretty good if you get four weeks off a year. The businesses that employ these heroes generally give them the time off, but not with pay.
So let's give them one month of Unemployment checks during that time.
I am not proposing paying for organs. If you are an unemployed/retired superhero, you get no money. But if you are medically unable to work because of such a heroic act, can we do no less than to give you the same payments as he jobless and/or disabled?
These people are superheros that are saving a human life. The least we can do is recognize that for two whole months they can not work, and that they therefore deserve at the minimum a single month's worth of unemployment checks. Have the paperwork filled out by the transplant doctor, to limit fraud.
Full Disclosure: I am intimately connected to someone that has a failing kidney. I am not in any way impartial.
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