Petition updateSUPPORT HR 4616 & S 2584 THE LIVING DONOR PROTECTION ACTLetter: Living Donor Protection Act needs our support
James MyersHammond, IN, United States
Mar 22, 2016 — Letter: Living Donor Protection Act needs our support By Aaron Kringler from Fargo Today at 12:04 a.m. On March 8, I joined 100 people who went to Washington, D.C., to lobby for the Living Donor Protection Act HR 4616, S 2584. This bill will protect living organ donors and remove barriers to donation by prohibiting insurance companies from denying or limiting life, disability and long-term care insurance to living donors, and from charging higher premiums. The bill clarifies that living organ donors may use time granted through the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to recover from donation. I urge everyone to contact their members of Congress to ask them to pass this law. More than 100,00 Americans are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. This act will protect the living heroes who donate and save lives every year. I believe this the least we can do.
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