I can't wait for the New Yorker to feature an article on bloodless treatment for massive blood volume losses typically found in Emergency Departments where immediate blood transfusions are incontrovertibly and uniquely life-saving.
If a blood ban were to be implemented in Emergency Departments the savings would be immediate and significant. There'd be zero costs from no longer needing storage facilities for blood AND from not needing blood supplies, physical trauma victims would require less ongoing medical treatment because they would inevitably soon after arrival in ED due to massive loss of blood volume, and fewer medical clinicians would be needed.
Yes, savings all round. But it would be worth it: Loss of life in the service of cutting health medicine costs - coming soon to an Emergency Department near you.
Oh, and an article on the hypocrisy of JWs who would refuse to donate blood but whose consciences conveniently allow them to utilize medical treatments that contain blood derivatives such as Factor X, the vital blood-clotting agent for the life-saving treatment of hemophilia.