• EtherWhack@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    You can try cutting out the middle man and donate to a hospital. I know UCSF has their own blood collection, many other hospitals should be the same

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      11 months ago

      You can donate directly to the hospital, but that isn’t going to help.

      The Red Cross spends $3 billion per year collecting blood, and sells it for 3.2 billion per year. They only make about $10-$20 per unit.

      The hospital is the one charging the obscene markup.