America's kidney shortage could end if one in 10,000 adults donated

What was said

"If one in 10,000 healthy adults donated their kidney to a stranger, no one would die waiting for a kidney. But today, like 5,000 people a year die waiting for a kidney. But it's needless. Like it's literally needless. That number could go to zero. One in 10,000 people."

Kerner revealed that 5,000 Americans die annually waiting for kidney transplants, but this death toll could be eliminated if just 0.01% of healthy adults became living donors. He argues the solution is simple mathematics rather than a medical limitation, noting that insurance companies would pay donors $50,000 if it were legal, saving them millions per patient.