Incentives for Organ Donation

In an important editorial the Washington Post advocates giving points in the current organ allocation system to people who have previously signed their organ donor cards.  I have long argued for such a system (see Entrepreneurial Economics and here) and am an advisor to Lifesharers an organization that is implementing a similar system privately.

The decision to pledge organs could be linked to the chance of
receiving one: People who check the box on the driver’s-license
application when they are healthy would, if they later fell sick, get
extra points in the system used to assign their position on the
transplant waiting list (other factors include how long you have waited
and how well an available organ would match your blood type and immune
system).

Thanks to Dave Undis for the pointer.