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Money and good healthcare have always gone hand in hand, and unfortunately the patients with the most money usually get the best care. This is why you see so much death and disease in poverty stricken countries. Impoverished people either can’t afford the services needed to survive, or the services provided are too primitive and unsanitary to do any good. There are currently great medical advancements continually being made. These advancements are improving the lives of many by improving comfort and lengthening life spans, but along with these advancements comes higher prices for health care. Organ transplantation is one of these new advancements. Since the first organ transplant in 1954 (Smith) the technology in transplantation has risen very rapidly, and so has the need for organs. The shortage of organs had led to a steamy ethical debate on whether or not to legalize the exchange of organs for compensation. Currently in the United States organ sales are illegal but the government is looking into approving the exchange of organs for money in order to raise the number of organs for transplants. Organ sales should not be legalized because compensation for organs will become a higher priority than the health and ethics of