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25 Americans die each day waiting for a kidney.
The End Kidney Deaths Act will save up to 100,000 lives & $37 billion in taxes.
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The End Kidney Deaths Act
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The End Kidney Deaths Act
Congress should start compensating compassion
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May 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Opinion: As a kidney donor, 'I know firsthand the immense impact that living donation can have' ‪@jahimes.bsky.social
Cosponsor and champion the End Kidney Deaths Act, Congressman Jim Himes.
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Opinion: As a kidney donor, 'I know firsthand the immense impact that living donation can have'
A Stamford kidney donor urges U.S. Rep. Jim Himes to champion the End Kidney Deaths Act, which would provide financial rellef to donors.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Opinion: As a kidney donor, 'I know firsthand the immense impact that living donation can have'
Rep. Himes, please cosponsor and champion the End Kidney Deaths Act.
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Opinion: As a kidney donor, 'I know firsthand the immense impact that living donation can have'
A Stamford kidney donor urges U.S. Rep. Jim Himes to champion the End Kidney Deaths Act, which would provide financial rellef to donors.
www.darientimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Great Podcast!
💥 The End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 2687) will save up to 100,000 lives and $37 billion in the next decade.
We talk about:
🧠 Whether donors should be compensated
💚 The ethics of saving lives
🇺🇸 What justice and equity look like in healthcare
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Should we pay kidney donors? ft. Elaine Perlman
Podcast Episode · The New Liberal Podcast · 05/22/2025 · 48m
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May 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Grateful to Representative Lois Frankel for cosponsoring the End Kidney Deaths Act! Every step forward brings us closer to saving the lives of 100,000 Americans waiting for a kidney transplant.
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April 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Congresswoman EleanorNorton just cosponsored the End Kidney Deaths Act—a vital step to save lives and help those dying while waiting for a kidney.
Thank you for your leadership and commitment to this urgent issue!
@eleanornorton.bsky.social
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April 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Organ Transplant Support has just become the 36th organization to support the passage of the life & tax saving End Kidney Deaths Act. Representative Nicole Malliotakis and Representative Josh Harder are leading us to an era where no American will die while waiting for a kidney!
April 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The life & tax saving End Kidney Deaths Act has been reintroduced!
Gratitude to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis & Rep. Josh Harder for their amazing leadership!
Let's save 100,000 lives! Let's get to the finish line!
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April 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
35 organizations support the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act!
Welcome to Kidney Connect, our 35th organization!
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
By year 5 of dialysis, only 40% are still alive. Half of the 90,000 Americans on the kidney waitlist will dying while waiting unless the End Kidney Deaths Act passes.
March 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Advocate for the End Kidney Deaths Act Lindsay Guttierez | Ms. Achievement USA |💚dual living kidney & liver donor🫂USAF Veteran🇺🇸 | social worker
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Veteran Who Donated Kidney & Liver Asks Us to Support the End Kidney Deaths Act
YouTube video by Elaine Perlman
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March 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Happy World Kidney Day!
25 Americans die each day waiting for a kidney.
We can save their lives by passing the End Kidney Deaths Act in 2025. #WorldKidneyDay
March 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
34 organ donation organizations now support the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 9275)!
So grateful that "Hike For Life: Kidney Donation Awareness" will help us get the End Kidney Deaths Act to the finish line!
March 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The End Kidney Deaths Act coalition is delighted to announce that the Children's Organ Transplant Association - COTA has become our 33rd supportive organization!
The EKDA will save up to 100,000 lives & $37 billion in taxes in the next decade!
March 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hear Elaine Perlman, leader of the End Kidney Deaths Act campaign, speak about the need to save 100,000 American lives in the next decade.
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End Kidney Deaths! Save 100,000 Lives!
YouTube video by Elaine Perlman
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March 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Out of the 550,000 dialysis patients, 10,000 die each year waiting for a transplant. Only 28,000 get a kidney.

We must pass the End Kidney Deaths Act to expand access to transplants & save lives. Too many are left behind. #EKDA

(📊: See the numbers for yourself ⬇️)
March 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Champions of the life & tax saving HOLD(Honor Our Living Donors) H.R. 628?
The new cosponsors, Congressional leaders @nadler.house.gov, Shreve &@eleanornorton.bsky.social demonstrate caring for low income donors who need us to fix the @nldac.bsky.social broken low income donor reimbursement system.
March 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ned Brooks, founder of the Coalition to Modify NOTA & @the_nkdo speaks to advocates on Capitol Hill.
To join our advocacy to help get the End Kidney Deaths Act to the finish line, click here:
modifynota.org/join-our-team
February 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Congratulations to Glenna Frey on the publication of her just released book "Understanding Living Kidney Donation."
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Amazon.com: Understanding Living Kidney Donation: The Best Treatment for Kidney Disease eBook : Frey, Glenna, Frey, Amanda , Augustine, Dr. Joshua: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: Understanding Living Kidney Donation: The Best Treatment for Kidney Disease eBook : Frey, Glenna, Frey, Amanda , Augustine, Dr. Joshua: Kindle Store
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February 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Call your 2 Senators & House Rep. & say:
"I urge you to cosponsor the End Kidney Deaths Act. This bill will save 100,000 lives and $37 billion in taxpayer money over the next ten years."
Phone #s are in this doc:
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Congressional Phone Numbers, End Kidney Deaths Act
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February 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
32 organizations support the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act!
We are delighted that Donors for Danny supports the EKDA that will save up to 100,000 American lives and $37 billion in taxes.
February 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Want to help end kidney disease deaths?
Call your 2 Senators & House Rep today and ask them to cosponsor the End Kidney Deaths Act!
Watch this video to learn how: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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February 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
National Donor Day is dedicated to spreading awareness about organ, eye & tissue donation.
Celebrate today, February 14th!
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February 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Author of The Reluctant Donor, Suzanne Ruff, will speak about her journey in donating a kidney to her sister.
Get the answers to all those questions you wonder about. All are welcome.
Room opens at 6:30 pm eastern time and meeting starts at 7:00 pm.
Zoom link: bit.ly/4h2Kpvp
February 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The mortality risk of knee replacement is 10–20 times higher than that of kidney donation.
Kidney Donation Mortality Rate:
1 death per 10,000 surgeries
Knee Replacement Surgery Mortality Rate:
1–2 deaths per 1,000 surgeries
February 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM