Saving $4 billion in taxes & 10,000 lives annually
Supported by 48 Members of Congress & 50+ Organizations
Please sign the End Kidney Deaths Act petition.
The Facts
Living kidney donation is already among the most tightly regulated medical procedures in the country. Only about 2 percent of willing donors are approved and ultimately donate. Individuals with addiction risks, medical instability, or signs of coercion are screened out. The End Kidney Deaths Act does not change these safety rules. It simply removes financial barriers for people who already qualify.
More than 800,000 Americans are living with kidney failure. Twenty-five people die every day waiting for a transplant.
Dialysis costs taxpayers $50 billion each year, about 1 percent of all federal spending.
Questions?
email: ElainePerlman@modifynota.org
The End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 2687/ EKDA) is a ten year pilot program to provide a refundable tax credit of $10,000 per year for five years ($50,000 total) to living kidney donors who donate a kidney to a stranger, which will go to those who have been waiting longest on the kidney waitlist.
This will save up to 100,000 American lives & $40 billion in taxes.
Read more here.
10,000 Americans die annually while waiting for a kidney transplant.
It doesn’t have to be this way. The End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 2687) offers a bold, compassionate solution to save lives and end the kidney shortage in the United States.
We are a national movement founded of kidney donors, recipients, dialysis patients, doctors, nurses, researchers, academics, and advocates working to end the shortage of life-saving kidney transplants. Our goal is simple and urgent: ensure that no one in America dies while waiting for a kidney.
Only one in a million Americans donates a kidney to a stranger annually.
Living kidney donors, on average, live longer than the general population.
Why We Need Change Now:
Right now, more than 90,000 Americans are on the kidney transplant waitlist. Half of them will die before they get a transplant. Deceased donation alone cannot meet this need. We must increase the number of living donors and that means making donation possible for more people.
How You Can Help
This is a historic moment. The End Kidney Deaths Act is gaining momentum in Congress, and we need your voice to get to the finish line. Please sign our petition.