News - Kidney Transplant Collaborative

Sep 27

Kidney Transplant Collaborative Applauds Bipartisan Coalition Calling for Increased Transplant Access and Greater Support for Living Kidney Donors

The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) today praised the bipartisan coalition of members of the U.S. House of Representatives who wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation…

Sep 20

From pigs to payouts, weighing solutions for the US kidney shortage

Kidneys are currently the most needed organ in the country, and an ongoing crisis has left tens of thousands in limbo. As of September, nearly 90,000 people in the US…

Jun 04

How kidney transplant reforms can save lives and reduce the deficit

For months, Congress has debated budget bill after budget bill, narrowly missing government shutdown deadlines seemingly every month. With a divided Congress and narrow majorities in both chambers, consensus on many…

Nov 16

I donated a kidney to a stranger. It shouldn’t be this tough for others to give

When a beloved character in a movie needs a life-saving organ transplant, it almost always magically works out for a happy ending. My father’s story went this way, and I am forever thankful…

Oct 30

KTC Signs On To Support the Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act

The Kidney Transplant Collaborative recently signed on to a letter supporting the Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act.

Aug 15

Saving Lives While Saving Money

The Living Kidney Donor Support Act would benefit tens of thousands of Americans and save billions of tax dollars. The United States does not have enough transplant kidneys to provide…

Aug 04

The high out-of-pocket cost of donating a kidney

“All of your medical and surgical expenses will be paid by your recipient’s insurance,” the nurse coordinator at the Mayo Clinic told me. Naïve, I nodded into the phone at…