Promote Financial Security
DPC is committed to ensuring patients have the maximum choice among coverage options when it comes to their dialysis care. Whether through traditional Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid or exchange health plans under the Affordable Care Act, DPC is working to ensure dialysis patients aren’t excluded from benefits and coverage necessary for their health.
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DPC Patient Ambassador Spotlight – Leah Wright
Check out our Patient Ambassador Spotlight, where we highlight members who elevate the voices of people with kidney disease. This month’s Spotlight is on Leah Wright from Wilmington, Delaware. Leah was first diagnosed with [...]
Advocacy Day 2027 Applications Are Open!
Applications for DPC’s 2027 Advocacy Day are now live! Be sure to submit your application for a chance to come to Washington, D.C., May 10 - 11, 2027, and speak with your members of [...]
2027 Medicare Open Enrollment in Progress
Medicare Open Enrollment began October 15, 2026, and ends December 7, 2026. During this time, people with Medicare can compare 2027 coverage options at Medicare.gov. The Medicare Plan Finder allows beneficiaries to compare Medicare health and drug plans, including premiums, costs, benefits, and other coverage information. Because plan costs and benefits can change from year to year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...]
Make Your Voice Heard and Help Get RESTORE Passed!
The Momentum Is Growing. The Work Is Not Done. With more than 90 Congressional cosponsors, bipartisan support for the Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 2199/S. 1173) continues to grow. But support alone [...]
Kidney patients need help accessing care
I’ve been on dialysis — the only treatment besides a transplant for kidney failure — for eight years. The toll it takes physically, mentally and emotionally is constant. But the hardest moment came when [...]
Letter to the Editor – Kristal Bell
Dear Editor, I have been living with kidney disease for over 15 years. Diagnosed in 2009 while I was pregnant with my daughter, I learned quickly that kidney failure doesn’t discriminate. It comes for [...]
