Compensation most likely would increases the number of donors, and thus keeps more people alive; those people pay taxes, so keeping them alive - even if it temporarily costs money - will result in gaining more money than was lost in the long run.

I believe that it's okay to either donate or receive money for it. It's yours. If anything is yours, your blood and organs are, and if you don't wish to part with them for free, but you'd still like to help someone, that's your choice.

However, in some situations, it is ethically wrong to require money for your blood or organs. For instance, you are going to die in 20 seconds no matter what, requiring money to be donated to your kids to save the person beside you who needs your kidneys might just cause 2 lives to end instead of just the one.

So, in short, yes, get money for your blood and organs if you want it and doing so does not cause death, and only in a scenario in which limitations on the profitability of this trade are strictly and morally governed. It should serve as a solid motivator to increase blood and organ stocks, not as a rally cry for cut throat merchants.

I think that somebody should receive at least $5 per donation, or a coupon for a cup of coffee. I agree with TERMINATOR, the long term profits would far exceed the short term costs.

I think so. A person should be paid for bodily donations and a payment program in place would increase donations.