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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. EndKidneyDeaths.org

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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The End Kidney Deaths Act Check out this new article about the life & tax saving legislation! www.worksinprogress.news/p/the-end-ki...
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The End Kidney Deaths Act
Congress should start compensating compassion
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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. www.darientimes.com/opinion/arti...
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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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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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. www.darientimes.com/opinion/arti... @jahimes.bsky.social
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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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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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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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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
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. @frankel.house.gov frankel.house.gov
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
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 norton.house.gov
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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!
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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! www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
35 organizations support the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act! Welcome to Kidney Connect, our 35th organization!
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Advocate for the End Kidney Deaths Act Lindsay Guttierez | Ms. Achievement USA |💚dual living kidney & liver donor🫂USAF Veteran🇺🇸 | social worker www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbQC...
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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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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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!
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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!
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Src...
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End Kidney Deaths! Save 100,000 Lives!
YouTube video by Elaine Perlman
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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 ⬇️)
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Congratulations to Glenna Frey on the publication of her just released book "Understanding Living Kidney Donation." @gfrey58 shorturl.at/uJZUc
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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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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Congressional Phone Numbers, End Kidney Deaths Act
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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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End Kidney Deaths Act - YouTube
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
National Donor Day is dedicated to spreading awareness about organ, eye & tissue donation. Celebrate today, February 14th! ❤️❤️❤️
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Low income Americans are 3x more likely to have kidney failure and 4x less likely to get a living kidney transplant. The best thing for low income people? The End Kidney Deaths Act will vastly raise the number of kidney transplants. Click here to help: actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Call your Congressional leaders, tell them your zip code & ask them to cosponsor the life & tax saving End Kidney Deaths Act.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
​The End Kidney Deaths Act Team has met with 460 Congressional offices. Our supporters include top doctors in the transplant field and 2​7 supporting organizations. Years from now, those who supported the passage of the EKDA will be seen as those on the right side of history.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The question is, should we offer a tax credit to encourage more people to donate kidneys, knowing only 2% complete the process, or let Americans continue to die from kidney failure due to the kidney shortage? Pass the End Kidney Deaths Act in 2025! www.modifynota.org
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Modify NOTA
ModifyNota.org is the coalition working to improve kidney donation through fair compensation. Join us to save lives and address the shortage of transplant kidneys in the United States.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
43 Americans with Organ Failure Who Support the End Kidney Deaths Act www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKvQ...
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43 Americans with Organ Failure Who Support the End Kidney Deaths Act.
YouTube video by Elaine Perlman
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Living kidney donation has stagnated for 25 years. Living kidneys last 2x as long as deceased donor kidneys. Let's pass the End Kidney Deaths Act to end the kidney shortage.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Gratitude for the life-saving leadership of @JayObernolte and @RepDelBene, leaders of the HOLD Act that will fix the low income donor reimbursement system. The legislation passed unanimously in the House in 2024. Let's get to the finish line in 2025! riponadvance.com/stories/ober...
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Obernolte sponsors bipartisan Honor Our Living Donors Act - Ripon Advance
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Jim Urtel got a deceased donor kidney with 50% scar tissue. Living kidney transplants last 2x as long as deceased donor kidneys. He supports the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act so that no one dies while waiting for a kidney. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5VJ...
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Why does Jim Urtel support the End Kidney Deaths Act?
YouTube video by Elaine Perlman
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The 27th organization has signed on to support the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act! Thank you to the Bay Area Association of Kidney Patients! @bayareakidney www.modifynota.org/new-page-1
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Today, Happy Kidney Anniversary to Me! 5 years ago, I donated my kidney to a stranger, following in my son Abie's footsteps. I am celebrating today by having 6 meetings with Congressional offices about the End Kidney Deaths Act to save up to 100,000 lives & $37 billion in taxes.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Lucy supports the End Kidney Deaths Act. It took Lucy 13 years to be financially ready to donate a kidney to a stranger. Watch this 2 minute video to learn more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7F...
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Why Lucy supports the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act
YouTube video by Elaine Perlman
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
What's an easy & effective way to help pass the End Kidney Deaths Act in 20-25? Click here to send a letter to your Congressional leaders. actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Meyrick Millington needs a kidney. I donated mine. Perhaps you could save his life? www.thegreatsocialexperiment.net/ecu/meyrick-...
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
100,000 suffered and died in the previous decade. Let’s save 100,000 lives in the next decade by passing the End Kidney Deaths Act. This is that 100,000 people look like:
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Order the $32 End Kidney Deaths Act T-Shirt! www.customink.com/fundraising/...
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The End Kidney Deaths Act T-Shirt, Supporting Coalition To Modify Nota Inc
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
People who donated kidneys to strangers have the chance to save one life. Now we can save everyone who is dying while waiting for a kidney with the @EndKidneyDeaths Act. Help us get this bill to the finish line in 2025! modifynota.org/join-our-team
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Join the Coalition — Modify NOTA
Join the Coalition to Modify the National Organ Transplantation Act of 1984 to allow for government compensation of organs.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Superb Interview! Penny Lane donated her kidney to a stranger, made the excellent film, "Confessions of a Good Samartian" & supports the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act. www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
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‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan’ filmmaker tests her own altruism
Filmmaker Penny Lane joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her film “Confessions of a Good Samaritan,” in which she documents donating a kidney to a stranger and how the process was “really hard...
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
A great @npr.org news story on organ donors who donate to strangers. To have far more altruistic donors, let's provide them with a tax credit. Contact your Congressional leaders about your support for the End Kidney Deaths Act's passage! www.npr.org/2024/11/28/n...
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Help us pass the End Kidney Deaths Act! Join our community! Let's save up to 100,000 lives & $37 billion in taxes!
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Join the Coalition — Modify NOTA
Join the Coalition to Modify the National Organ Transplantation Act of 1984 to allow for government compensation of organs.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The Coalition to Modify NOTA website has a new look! 25 organizations support the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act. Join our team & help us get this legislation to the finish line! www.modifynota.org
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ModifyNota.org is the coalition working to improve kidney donation through fair compensation. Join us to save lives and address the shortage of transplant kidneys in the United States.
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The End Kidney Deaths Act was discussed in depth on the "Top of Mind with Julie Rose" podcast by three supporters of the End Kidney Deaths Act's passage: Nobel Prize winner Alvin Roth, Elaine Perlman, & the Living Liver Foundation founder Dave Galbenski. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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America Has an Organ Shortage. Could Paying Donors Close the Gap?
Podcast Episode · Top of Mind with Julie Rose · 11/11/2024 · 54m
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
So grateful for Congressman Don Davis who just became an End Kidney Deaths Act cosponsor! We are up to 18 cosponsors! Contact your House Rep today & ask them to cosponsor the life & tax saving End Kidney Deaths Act! actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
‪End Kidney Deaths Act‬ ‪@endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social‬ · 1m 25 people die daily while waiting for a kidney. All of them were healthy enough when they joined the kidney waitlist. The waiting time kills them. Let Congress know you support this bill. actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
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End Kidney Deaths Act @endkidneydeathsact.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Support the End Kidney Deaths Act! 💙 Together, we can save 100,000 lives and billions in taxpayer dollars. Let’s make life-saving kidney donations easier. Join us today! 👉 Learn More & Take Action! EndKidneyDeaths.org
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ModifyNota.org is the coalition working to improve kidney donation through fair compensation. Join us to save lives and address the shortage of transplant kidneys in the United States.
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