I am truly honored. I hope every blood donation I gave was able to help save a life. I always wonder about how the recipients are doing, and what circumstances led them to need a life saving blood transfusion. The blood bank keeps all of that private for security reasons, of course, along with the name of the donors who donate. I just hope it all helped.

  • LSNLDNEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    I would have wondered if in the USA since you don’t have free healthcare surely they should pay you for your blood ¯ \ (ツ)/¯

    • ParabolicMotion@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      61·
      1 month ago

      I actually do have free healthcare. Or close to it. I have a free insurance plan because I’m so poor this year. The blood bank can’t pay its donors. They have to employ the people that draw blood and that costs money. The process of the blood transfusions are expensive to the recipients and they get billed for that. It would be nice if tax dollars could at least cover patient costs. I don’t mind donating for free if it saves a life.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

      Hell no. It’s always made illegal to be paid for it, which has some ethical reasons, but also it ensures people can’t bargain and keeps costs down. Average people are only allowed to get fucked by the system. They aren’t allowed to benefit from it.