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Medic
Programs |
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Regional Blood Center has several different types of donation
programs. If you would be interested in more information on these
programs, please click below ...
program
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Did
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Someone needs blood every 3 seconds; * You can
give blood every 56 days.
*Only 5%
of those who can donate blood actually give blood.
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Studies have indicated that giving blood actually may
protect against heart disease. |
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Personal
Benefits:
Under Medic's Individual Coverage
plan, one donation a year exempts the donor and his or her IRS
dependents from paying blood supplier processing fees anywhere in the
country if transfusion is needed. New members are covered except for
pre-existing conditions. Depending on where you are, those fees could
range from $100 to well over $500 for certain blood products. (Medic
does not cover the hospital's transfusion charges.)
Company
/ Organization Benefits:
Under Medic's Group Plan, all members of a group and their IRS
dependents (including those with pre-existing conditions) can receive a
year of blood coverage if 30% of the members donate during a group's
designated blood drive. A member donation 56 days before or 30 days
after the group's blood drive will be counted. If the quota is not met,
only individual donors and their dependents are covered.
Benefits
For Others
After you have made your annual donation to cover your family, you may
donate to obtain coverage for someone else.
Replacement program
If a patient who has used blood does not have Medic Blood Coverage,
others may give blood to offset the cost of the blood and blood products
used by the patient. These donations do not count for the donor’s own
blood coverage. Donors must tell the Medic screener the name of the
person they are making the replacement donation for.
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What
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Whole blood donations are divided into components. So, one
donation can help up to 3 people. -Transfusions - primarily
red cells - are given to replace blood lost during
surgery, from trauma or from internal bleeding from
conditions such as aneurysms or ulcers.
- Blood components such
as platelets are used to treat cancer patients debilitated
by chemotherapy of their ability to replace their own
blood cells.
- Components such as
frozen plasma are used to treat patients with clotting deficiencies.
- So far, no substitute
for any components of human blood has been licensed for use
in the United States. |
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