> This is a really interesting article that highlights for me a concept that is foreign: paid blood donation. The US does not permit paid blood donation, and t

> This is a really interesting article that highlights for me a concept that is foreign: paid blood donation. The US does not permit paid blood donation, and this article is not about paid blood donation. It's about paid PLASMA donation. Plasma is 1 of 3 components of blood. Blood donations in the US are unpaid (as long as you don't count that free t-shirt or free movie ticket as compensation). *In High School I ran my schools 3 annual blood drives and completed all the associated training to do the drives. During the 2 years (and 6 drives) I ran the program, we broke the state record for High School donations 3 times. I personally was a whole blood gallon donor before graduating High School. I've also done plasma donations, concentrated red cell donations, and platelet donations; so I've donated the whole spectrum :)