President Trump Proposes Measures to Help Living Kidney Donors

President Trump signed an Executive Order in the summer calling for improvements to kidney health across the nation. Right now, there are income caps in place that determine who gets reimbursed for donating a kidney. The order calls for raising those caps and expanding reimbursements to include things like child care and lost wages.

Doctor and Professor Jonathan Moreno at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Ethics and Health Policy said he supports the idea of reimbursing donors, but he is concerned if donors will be compensated fairly.

"The devil is in the details. Some people will lose more wages because they're bigger earners. Some people won't lose any...these are hard calls and there will always be criticism that some people are doing it for the money," said Moreno.

Moreno says certain restrictions are also needed to make sure the reimbursement system doesn't turn into a payment system for organs.