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VERIFY: Is someone making money off of donated blood?

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rewrite this Does the Red Cross sell your blood to hospitals and then do hospitals charge you for a transfusion of donated blood? The tweet is true, but it lacks important context.

The Red Cross said in a statement: Yes, it charges hospitals for blood, but on a “cost-recovery basis.”

That statement outlined some of those costs: staffing, testing, equipment, advertising, right down to the storage of blood. It all costs money.

But, even that fee doesn’t even cover all the costs of their operation, it only covers 98.7% of it, according to the Red Cross.

As far as the cost to a patient for a transfusion, that has a price tag, too.

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The Red Cross said in a statement: Yes, it charges hospitals for blood, but on a “cost-recovery basis.”

That statement outlined some of those costs: staffing, testing, equipment, advertising, right down to the storage of blood. It all costs money.

But, even that fee doesn’t even cover all the costs of their operation, it only covers 98.7% of it, according to the Red Cross.

As far as the cost to a patient for a transfusion, that has a price tag, too.

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22 Comments:

  • @levicuen5931

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Never give for free, what others will charge for.

  • @levicuen5931

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    If there's even a 1% profit it should go to the person who donated, period.

  • @levicuen5931

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Bullshit, there definitely profiting off it.

  • @debprice8869

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    MEDICINE, while saving lives, IS A HUGE FOR PROFIT, guesswork business. I've had life saving treatment a few times, but, basically I am worth 250k if you factor costs in. And when mistakes were made, and they did several times, it cost EVEN MORE…. DON'T GET ME STARTED ABOUT DENTAL COSTS….

  • @SupremeSpeciesBeyonders-ff4hk

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Even blood transfusion system corrupted. Still they cannot eliminate HIV/AIDS infections high rates, charge high cost but cannot find way to eliminate damaged/ infected blood bags.

  • @user-jg4yn1lj3g

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    200$ dollar you can add to the bill for donations we in capitalism system why not?? If USA was communist then ok but stimulate people buying from them they blood like I have type B negative it only 2% in world have it so Offer money why not I have to do something for you to you can sale it like gold

  • @user-jg4yn1lj3g

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Ебье мать вы 200$ предложите донору ему тоже надо есть время теряет бензин тратит потом 2 часа после нельзя не чего делать

  • @MILLION4494

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    So why cant people just directly donate their blood to hospitals at a fee? especially those with rare or special blood types…

  • @year-around12345

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Americans healthcare system sucks

  • @dianashort6293

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    does you tube ever tell the truth

  • @bantz2588

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    People donate blood for free while also paying exorbitant amounts in taxes and we are charged premium for the same blood we donated in the first place

  • @SMILEYRLR

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    You're full of it. It's a money racket and hositals charge so much because they're in the business of insurance fraud. They should actually be paying you for your blood, but they lie saying that's unsafe. Everybody ought to stop donating and make them pay up.

  • @ElMarco48

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    If you get paid for plasma, you should get paid for blood donations also. Big business screwing the public once again! You've got something we need! No, we're not gonna give you anything for it! But when you come in to get it back. We are going to charge the crap outta you and your insurance company! Haha…cha ching baby! Greed is good!🤣

  • @Tweakkkkkk

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Y'all are complaining when here in Nigeria people get paid $5 per pint of blood and the hospitals in charge transfuse it at a very high amount to people in need. They make money off of our blood and leave us the donors with little or nothing

  • @bloodsports94

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Good reason to not donate blood. Criminals!

  • @trillstina

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    So the citizens should donate their blood to save lives but no one else should have to donate their time and equipment to save lives?

  • @dontpanicblink

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    iam AB-, if a painting is worth millions how much is blood worth to the person that paid millions for it ?

  • @sunshinenbacon9448

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Let’s talk about the cost per bag!

  • @sunshinenbacon9448

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Yep! They make a crazy amount of money. Plasma is there biggest money maker! It’s disgusting

  • @robonyc4697

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    I donated for 25 years regularly but stopped recently after feeling used. I'm O+ and the calls from the blood center was borderline harassment

  • @MrGuitarman8000

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Lies medical is always a big money scam. Petro dollars $Medical dollars about the same. Unless you want be fooled. The first thing you read in Google 200 blood cost 600 for procedure, 2000 over all cost in statement but im betting statement on cost of blood paid by insurance is 5000 too 10,000$ Want to feel good about your self and vertue

  • @gio5099

    August 9, 2024 / at 1:55 amsvgReply

    Of course, MSM to the rescue.

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