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Fort Worth Report, Amid national kidney shortage, Tarrant patients find long wait times — and few solutions, December 19, 2024Top of Mind with Julie Rose Podcast, American Has an Organ Shortage. Could Paying Donors Close the Gap? November 11, 2024NBC Washington, How a bill would create a $50K reward for donating a kidney to a stranger, November 1, 2024Bay Area Association of Kidney Patients, Anonymous Kidney Donations: What It's Like, and How a Proposed Law May End the Kidney Shortage, October 27, 2024James Myers Broadcast, Broadcast with Nancy Marlin, October 25, 2024Palm Beach Post, Kidney donations hurt by financial barriers. Time to end that, October 19, 2024American Enterprise Institute, We Need to Try a Tax Credit to Help Fix the Kidney Shortage, October 16, 2024Today Show, Would you give up a kidney for $50,000? Proposed law sparks debate, October 3, 2024Click2Houston, Houston veteran pushes for tax breaks for organ donors after donating kidney and liver, October 2, 2024The Atlantic, Would You Give Up Your Kidney for $50,000? October 1, 2024MegaDoctor News, From Pigs to Payouts: Weighing Solutions for the U.S. Kidney Shortage, September 20, 2024Vox, The moral case for paying kidney donors; Kidney donors save lives. Why aren’t we compensated for it? September 18, 2024CNN Regional, California congressman introduces bill that could provide kidney donors with financial incentive, September 18 2024CBS News 13 Sacramento, California congressman introduces bill that could provide kidney donors with financial incentive, September 17, 2024Spectrum 1 News, Charlotte, NC, "My life has been on hold": Donor incentive bill could speed up waitlist, September 10, 2024Raleigh News, "Kidney Deaths," September 7, 2024Houston Chronicle, "Houston man donated his liver and kidney to strangers. He supports a bill for donors to receive tax breaks"; Second Link; September 2, 2024Freakonomics, Episode 139, minute 59; August 30, 2024Yahoo News, WSB-TV 2 atlanta, "New proposal to offer $50k to people who donate their kidneys, hopes to shorten transplant waitlist," August 30, 2024Kidneys for All Substack, New Law to Prevent Kidney Deaths, Finally, something substantial is being done to provide more kidneys for transplantation, August 27, 2024National Public Radio, "There’s a severe kidney shortage. Should donors be compensated?" August 26, 2024Fox 5 New York, "New effort to encourage kidney donations;" August 23, 2024Richmond Times-Dispatch, "Organ Sales are Not the Enemy;" August 20,2024DocWire News, End Kidney Deaths Act Introduced in Congress" August 15, 2024Fox 26 Houston, "Lunch for the Soul with Tom O'Driscoll, kidney and liver donor:" August 7, 2024Signals Brief: "Would you donate a kidney to a stranger... for $50,000?" August 19, 2024Sierra Sun Times, "California Congressman Josh Harder Introduces Bill to Increase Bill to Increase Kidney Donations and Save Thousands of Lives - 1/3 of the People Currently on the Kidney Waitlist Will Die Before Receiving a Kidney;" August 14, 2024NBC Washington, "People who donate kidneys to strangers would get $50K tax credit if this law passes;" August 12, 2024WTOP News, "Maryland woman, dual organ donor advocates for bill to give tax break to donors," July 22, 2024Kidney Solutions, "Tackling the Kidney Shortage with the End Kidney Deaths Act;" July 5, 2024Hull News, "Hull resident hopes her kidney donation to a stranger inspires others," July 4, 2024Yahoo News/ Boston 25 news, should kidney donors receive tax incentives for donating to strangers? June 24, 2024Denver Post & Boulder Daily Camera, "Pig kidneys are promising, but tax credit for donors will save more Coloradans; June 18, 2024NORTH CAROLINA QUEENS CITY NEWS, "Pilot program would pay people to donate kidney;" June 5, 2024Tucson KOLD - 13, "Tucson woman pushing for kidney bill, over 100,000 people waiting for kidney on transplant list," June 2, 2024Philadelphia Radio WHYY, "Paying people for their organs," May 30, 2024Yahoo News, "Would you donate a kidney for $50,000? This pilot program is gaining national momentum," May 23, 2024PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, "It’s illegal to pay people for organs, but some advocates want a $50,000 tax credit for kidneys;" May 16, 2024Pensacola News Journal, "end Kidney deaths act can save florida lives," May, 2024Jim Myers Broadcast, Broadcast with Elaine perlman and ned brooks, May, 2024Vox & MSN, "Would you donate a kidney for $50,000?" Apr 17, 2024NEW YORK TIMES, "Let People Sell Their Kidneys. It Will Save Lives." April 2, 2024WORKS IN PROGRESS, "compensating compassion," February 16, 2024DONOR DIARIES, "tax credits can save lives;" December 12, 2023GREAT BATTLEFIELD podcast, "AARON STRAUSS ON HAVING IMPACT IN POLITICS AND THEN HE IS JOINED BY ELAINE PERLMAN OF WAITLIST ZERO," December 8, 2023WALL STREET JOURNAL, "A Refundable Tax Credit for Kidney Donation;" December 5, 2023Honolulu Star advertiser, "Pass kidney act to help save lives, money"DALLAS MORNING NEWS, "Can a tax credit increase the number of living donors?" November 13, 2023ASTRAL CODEX TEN, "My left kidney;" October 27, 2023Los Angeles TIMES, "A single reform that could save 100,000 lives immediately;" July 9, 2023Press Releases:
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Pass the End Kidney Deaths ActMay, 2024 community meetingKidney Health is Better Than WealthWe gave our kidneys to strangersDialysis patient Amber Degard speaksNed Brooks speaks on Modify NOTAJuly, 2024 community meetingTom Duncan on kidney donationVeteran Martinez Majors, Sr. speaks Cari Maxwell speaks about kidney diseaseWhy donate our kidney to a stranger?June, 2024 community meeting