Over 177,000 people are on the National organ waiting list. Of these, about 17 die each day because the organ they needed wasn't available.
Two actions would improve this situation:
1. Require education about organ donations beginning in Middle School. Goal-to make organ donation the norm.
2. Once we have educated our students and families, switch from a state by state system of becoming an organ donor (signing your driver's license) to a national opt-out program. This would put everyone in the organ donation pool unless they took the steps to opt-out.
Over time we would get to the point where no one had to die while waiting for an organ donation.



