Who buys it? Is it the government or, say, private concerns who then sell it on to health care providers? I think this is why I found it odd, because here it would be the NHS and the NHS don't really function as a business.
Private labs collect and buy it, they sell it to hospitals and the hospitals sell it to the patients.
My son had a rare disease (Kawasaki disease) and had to have IV gamma globulin treatments and thankfully I had insurance because that stuff cost a fortune! I hate our health care system.
Makes sense. It's just odd to my ears because I'm not used to healthcare being commercial. The NHS has its problems too, by the way. For instance, the treatment you get may depend on how much money your strategic health authority has. The call it a postcode lottery. Not everybody has the same treatment made available to them despite us all paying the same percentage of our wages.
As your blood is drawn out it goes through this machine that separates out the plasma from the red blood cells and other material. That material is collected and held separately and once you're done with the plasma donation, it is returned to your body. So the difference is, you get some of your blood back! Since the body is able to replenish plasma a lot faster than red blood cells, you're able to donate plasma again within days unlike blood donation where the wait time is quite long.
How should I make some extra cash?
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Can you get paid for donating blood in America? I don't know why I find this so surprising. I'm just not used to the idea of being paid for it.
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Plasma, not plain old blood. I did it a few times when I was desperate for cash. It paid around $40 per donation.
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Who buys it? Is it the government or, say, private concerns who then sell it on to health care providers? I think this is why I found it odd, because here it would be the NHS and the NHS don't really function as a business.
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It is private labs and sometimes hospitals buy it. It is either for private lab epirements or for patients.
Private labs collect and buy it, they sell it to hospitals and the hospitals sell it to the patients.
My son had a rare disease (Kawasaki disease) and had to have IV gamma globulin treatments and thankfully I had insurance because that stuff cost a fortune! I hate our health care system.
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Makes sense. It's just odd to my ears because I'm not used to healthcare being commercial. The NHS has its problems too, by the way. For instance, the treatment you get may depend on how much money your strategic health authority has. The call it a postcode lottery. Not everybody has the same treatment made available to them despite us all paying the same percentage of our wages.
Explain to me the difference? Do they not take out your blood either way?
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As your blood is drawn out it goes through this machine that separates out the plasma from the red blood cells and other material. That material is collected and held separately and once you're done with the plasma donation, it is returned to your body. So the difference is, you get some of your blood back! Since the body is able to replenish plasma a lot faster than red blood cells, you're able to donate plasma again within days unlike blood donation where the wait time is quite long.
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I see. I do not think I would want them to put the blood back in me once they took it if I did do that.
Yes you can. However you have to be a particular weight and size. Also you can only give so much a week.