New Kidney Transplant Policy

With the upcoming, newly proposed, policy discussed by Gardiner Harris in the New York Times, many medical physicians and surgeons are hoping that it will be put into action. By prioritizing better conditioned kidneys to those who are expected to live longer, many youths and even middle-aged men and women will be able to live a longer life with a better functioning transplant.

the United Network for Organ Sharing, would try to ensure that the age difference between kidney donors and recipients is no more than 15 years. 

In this manner, the older citizens of our country will still get a standard transplant but not a healthy 18-year-old kidney because they aren't expected to live longer than the 30-year-old who also needs a transplant. I believe system makes perfect sense, however there is still going to be debates. Debates that those who pay more should receive a higher grade kidney. However, this problem was also kept in mind. This new policy will stock up high-grade healthy kidneys in case there is an emergency that requires drastic measures. This plan will hopefully organize the priority list to get kidneys to new owners that actually need them for a longer period of time.