Op-Ed: The cavalry saved me, and 18 years later, I was the cavalry — with a kidney donation (via latimesopinion)
The government, nonprofits and social media platforms should partner up here. The kind of microtargeting common in commerce could find and encourage those likely to be interested in altruistic kidney donation. Investing in such an effort would save not only lives but also taxpayer money. Removing patients from dialysis through live donor transplant would save Medicare — which covers the cost of most chronic kidney disease in the U.S. — up to anFor the donors, the payoff is satisfaction.
My scars aren’t pretty, but they tell a story I’m proud of: When someone needed it, I was there for them. Thousands more Americans are still out there, hoping for rescue, waiting for someone to come for them too. Want to join the cavalry? Lt. Col. ML Cavanaugh is a U.S. Army officer and senior fellow with the Modern War Institute at West Point.
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