According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, "There are currently more than 73,000 people awaiting an organ transplant in the U.S. But in 1999, the last year statistics are available for, there were only 5,848 organ donors. On average, 16 people die each day awaiting a life saving organ." I don't understand why we as a nation are so squeamish that we don't allow payment for organs for transplants. Payment for organs could be used to offset funeral expenses, for instance. It's incredible that so many people have to die for this. We seem to allow people to pay for blood and human eggs - why not kidneys and livers, too? Or, we could wait for human nature to change and become more altruistic. Yeah.