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Every day, 12 people die waiting for a kidney transplant. Living organ donation plays a vital role in addressing this crisis. However, many potential living donors face barriers that discourage them from pursuing this life-saving act. To support and protect living donors, several critical bills and acts have been introduced in Congress. Every action counts to help those today.
The End Kidney Deaths Act.
The End Kidney Deaths Act is a 10 year pilot program that will provide a $50,000 refundable tax credit allocated over 5 years for American non-directed kidney donors who donate their kidney to a stranger at the top of the kidney waitlist in order to greatly increase the supply of living kidney transplants, the gold standard for patients with kidney failure.
A refundable tax credit means that the non-directed donor (someone who donates to a stranger) will receive either a tax credit or a check of $10,000 per year for five years. This tax credit will provide far more access to lifesaving transplants for the 90,000 Americans currently on the kidney waitlist.
95% of living donors state that they would do it again if they could because saving a life is emotionally rewarding. Kidney donation is safer than both childbirth and appendectomies. The majority of American voters believe living donors should be financially incentivized to increase donation rates. By providing a refundable tax credit to all living kidney donors who donate to a stranger, the End Kidney Deaths Act will bring us closer to finally ending the preventable deaths due to the tragic kidney shortage.
How Can You Help?
Join the Coalition to Modify NOTA Here: https://www.modifynota.org/join-our-team
Signers will be sent invitations to our monthly community meetings to discuss strategies and advocate for the passage of the life & tax saving End Kidney Deaths Act in 2024.
Living Donor Protection
Act of 2023.
This bill prohibits certain insurance carriers from discriminating against, and provides other protections for, living organ donors.
Specifically, carriers may not deny, cancel, or otherwise impose conditions on policies for life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance based on an individual's status as a living organ donor.
The bill also expressly specifies that recovery from organ-donation surgery constitutes a serious health condition that entitles eligible employees to job-protected medical leave.
In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must update educational materials on living organ donation to include information about the benefits of living organ donation and about access to insurance for living organ donors.
How Can You Help?
Contact your representatives and tell them you support the passing of this bill: Read About H.R.2923