Sawbones:

This basically ignores all of the points made in the previous post. The questions about utility, about selection of recipients, etc., do not go away just because your story had a happy ending. I am glad for you and for your mother, but it does not change the fact that there are ethical questions that these kinds of happy stories are all too commonly used to gloss over.

When you mentioned about insurance it would seem that treatment for chronic diseases would outweigh the cure. Dialysis is 2-3 times a week along with medications everyday. After a kidney transplant (if successful) the number of medications goes down from when you were receiving dialysis. I would guess to say this puts lets of a burden insurance providers.