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Inside America's plasma-for-cash economy

Original: Texas Matters: Blood Work — Inside America’s plasma-for-cash economy

Texas Public Radio's Texas Matters has aired 'Blood Work', a report examining the business of paying people in the United States for their blood plasma. The piece explores who donates, how much they are paid, and what the multibillion-dollar plasma industry means for donors and patients who rely on plasma-derived medicines.

Why now: Audiences are interested in how widespread paid plasma donation has become in the US economy and what it reveals about income and healthcare.

Texas Public RadioTexas Mattersplasma donation industryUnited States

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