Does Red Cross sell blood to hospitals?
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Some "getting around the subject" language from the Red Cross site:\n\nThere is never a fee for the blood itself. The Red Cross charges for expenses incurred in recruiting and educating donors, keeping accurate donor records, collecting blood by trained staff, processing and testing blood in a state of the art laboratory, and storing and distributing blood.
407821
Donate blood.\nMany centers offer incentives.  There is much they need to know about your blood and so they perform numerous tests.  At your request, they may well offer that info to you.
193812
if you are talking about someone in the service then the red cross should be able to help you if you are related.
635081
"Donor" is refers to one who donates. If they want to charge they should call it blood selling. They do pay you when you give plasma, which is in your blood. But they don't call it donating, they call it giving. And in return you receive compensation. I'm sure if sociaty gets desperate and people become more stingy, they may start to pay for blood "donations".
787688
The Red Cross\n\nYMCA
647243
The Red Cross is an international organization hosted by each country where it serves as a non-profit entity.  It is not mandated or run by the United States government or any other government.
682548
oh my god - some of these answers are scary.\n\nthe question is very excellent though and very correct. the anti-A and anti-B CAN destroy the patients red cells if transfused to a group A or group B or group AB individual.\n\nhowever:\n\nthe antibodies are in the plasma and modern practices in blood processing split the components into their various parts - plasma and platelets and red cells. the red cells has very little plasma on them so very little anti-A or anti-B is transfused\n\ndonations with plasma on them are tested to see if the levels of anti A or anti B might be considered harmful and those donations with high titre (levels) of anti-A or anti-B are marked as not for transfusion to group A or B or AB patients.\n\nthe term universal donor is a very misleading one, in general it is true and group O can give to any other group, but precautions are necessary and are taken by transfusion services
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I can only speak from my own experience.  The disease my son had required that he get transfusions as often as every day.  The blood he received was not on the list of charges we received (even though he was covered by insurance, the hospital he was at was not a part of our insurance and we got an itemized list of all charges).  Now, perhaps people ARE charged for the actual blood they receive, but there is a law that requires all people are given medical care regardless of their ability to pay.  They won't be left to suffer or die.  When my husband did not have insurance, he was still given excellent care, he just ended up with a large bill at the end of it all.\n\nAnother disclaimer...the blood he received was not from Red Cross, it was from a "local" blood bank.
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Probably not.\n\nMost hospitals treat patients regardless of their ability to pay.  Most hospitals will enroll very poor people in Medicare and/or Medicaid.
403052
Blood is precious and natural. No one can ever produce artificially! Its not ethical to sell blood. Lets not bring in religion over here.
428552
doctor offices can, but rarely hospitals will, hospitals do not and will not refuse to treat a person that is very ill. often doctors and hospitals treat a certain percentage of patients without seeking pay, they do "community work".\nif a homeless person passes out on the street, and an ambulance is called, that person, like any other, is treated.
416052
Try contacting a regional office to see if they can give you any information. Your local Albertsons store should be able to give you the information you'd need to start. Also try contacting the RedCross.
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I work at a blood center.  You'll only make $12 - 14 per hour, but........you can became a trainer, and then a training supervisor, and make $20/hr.
1064336
American Red Cross is a good Source...If they can not help you - they can direct you to someone who can.....Another source is the Salvation Army....
772844
I know when you donate blood you can't donate even if you take aspirin. You might want to find out if you can because people who have medical problems can't donate.
572069
Contact the red cross, i'm sure there is.\n\nhttp://www.redcross.org/
1089370
thanx for the 2 points!, look up  Red cross centers near you. Thats where you can donate for cash