Now, would you believe that Iran may have cracked the problem by paying living donors a modest amount, practically eliminating kidney shortages. The Iranian government pays living donors $1,200 and throws in a year of some health coverage. Recipients pay the donors a few thousand dollars more. There are lots of rules and procedures to protect living donors, Iranian doctors say, such as a ban on transplants from immigrant donors, a ban on brokers, and a medical assessment of donors performed only by doctors not involved in the transplant operation.
